I'm getting the itch. Anyone want to hatch some eggs?

[ShinShien]

If my australorp, currently setting golf balls, takes it seriously, I'm gonna try hatching 5 mystery chickens and 1 mystery bantam. Am I a little late to join?

 

[calichicken]

If my australorp, currently setting golf balls, takes it seriously, I'm gonna try hatching 5 mystery chickens and 1 mystery bantam. Am I a little late to join?

Not at all...Welcome

I am getting 8 more eggs tomorrow to add to my hatch

Mystery eggs are so much fun!!!!

 

[WendyF]

If my australorp, currently setting golf balls, takes it seriously, I'm gonna try hatching 5 mystery chickens and 1 mystery bantam. Am I a little late to join?

welcome! I just finally set mine in the incubator last night. I love mystery eggs! 2 of mine are asstd. Bantams, & i gotta admit, i am the most excited about these silly little 2. The curiosity is really adding to my 1st hatch attempt lol.

 

[ShinShien]

Not at all...Welcome

I am getting 8 more eggs tomorrow to add to my hatch

Mystery eggs are so much fun!!!!

Thanks! Yeah, they're interesting all right. The only common thing between them is the father's a cuckoo marans. The mothers are a variety of breeds.

 

[AmericanMom]

Thanks! Yeah, they're interesting all right. The only common thing between them is the father's a cuckoo marans. The mothers are a variety of breeds.

My newest broody is a cuckoo maran... She is about 6 or 7 months old... Now my rule is generally not to allow them to go broody til they are atleast a year old but holy cow, I have never had one so young be so determined and MEAN...She was on the nest last night when I checked before going to bed and was on this morning at 6:30 am when I went out to feed and water the flock... She got off when I threw the scratch grains out but for my hens that's normal and I actually like it, I don't have to mess with her to make sure she is sitting only on the eggs I gave her and I know she is getting up to eat and drink, before I was done with chores she was back on the fake eggs so if she stays all day and tonight I'll replace the fakes for fertile tomorrow morning..

I think I am only going to give her 4 or 5.... Wouldn't ya know it, I got orders for 3 dozen fertile eggs to be picked up Sunday..lol... Its ok tho, for her first time I don't want to overload her..

Oh and Welcome!!!!

 

[ShinShien]

My newest broody is a cuckoo maran... She is about 6 or 7 months old... Now my rule is generally not to allow them to go broody til they are atleast a year old but holy cow, I have never had one so young be so determined and MEAN...She was on the nest last night when I checked before going to bed and was on this morning at 6:30 am when I went out to feed and water the flock... She got off when I threw the scratch grains out but for my hens that's normal and I actually like it, I don't have to mess with her to make sure she is sitting only on the eggs I gave her and I know she is getting up to eat and drink, before I was done with chores she was back on the fake eggs so if she stays all day and tonight I'll replace the fakes for fertile tomorrow morning..

I think I am only going to give her 4 or 5.... Wouldn't ya know it, I got orders for 3 dozen fertile eggs to be picked up Sunday..lol... Its ok tho, for her first time I don't want to overload her..

Oh and Welcome!!!!

Thanks again. My australorp was a year old in April. She first went brooder on a golf ball. I tried to break her, since I had no roosters *no mature ones*, but even in the wire cage, she sat and puffed/growled whenever I walked in. Got some fertile eggs from neighbor up the road. If she's still sitting on golf balls tonight, I'm replacing them with the eggs.

 

[AmericanMom]

Thanks again. My australorp was a year old in April. She first went brooder on a golf ball. I tried to break her, since I had no roosters *no mature ones*, but even in the wire cage, she sat and puffed/growled whenever I walked in. Got some fertile eggs from neighbor up the road. If she's still sitting on golf balls tonight, I'm replacing them with the eggs.

Yup, love the BA"s , that was my first broody too... LOL, she went broody on nothing ...I was so dumb I didn't even know that was what was wrong with her lol... The third time she went broody, DH almost culled her because we thought she was sick... But then I did some learning, found this website and started reading...got ahold of some fertile eggs and a rooster for later fertile eggs and wham, I was hooked!


Looking back, boy was I stupid

 

[calichicken]

Yup, love the BA"s , that was my first broody too... LOL, she went broody on nothing ...I was so dumb I didn't even know that was what was wrong with her lol... The third time she went broody, DH almost culled her because we thought she was sick... But then I did some learning, found this website and started reading...got ahold of some fertile eggs and a rooster for later fertile eggs and wham, I was hooked!


Looking back, boy was I stupid

LOL...same here! We couldn't figure out why she was acting so strange! I though maybe she was having problems laying eggs because she was in her nest so long!

Then I posted here and people kindly informed me she was fine and broody. Now she is sitting on 6 eggs due to hatch august 14th

 

[AmericanMom]

LOL...same here! We couldn't figure out why she was acting so strange! I though maybe she was having problems laying eggs because she was in her nest so long!

Then I posted here and people kindly informed me she was fine and broody. Now she is sitting on 6 eggs due to hatch august 14th

My DH said I learned more than I should have, says a learned women is not a safe women

To much chicken knowledge and a year later 50+ chickens, 3 Geese and 4 turkeys.... 8 adult rabbits, 7- 2 month old rabbits and 25 newborns....

I stay busy around here

 

[ShinShien]

Can't stand waiting. Want to go stick eggs under her now, but trying to wait until tonight.