Incubators Anonymous

[gimmie birdies]

my hen is broody- at last a restful night!

 

[TherryChicken]

Gimmie birdies, my hen is broody too

 

[gimmie birdies]

 

[TherryChicken]

Firat time chicken brooding

 

[DMRippy]

I have 2 new layers gone brooder (laying for just a couple of months) another one the same age in another pen, 2 marans, 1 EE , 1 cuckoo Marans, 1 Lavender Split Marans....... that may be it for the week. I just sold a broody Barred Rock...... I don't do broodies.... I have too many and I don't have room to move them all.

has anyone ever moved a broody in with about 75 4 week olds? That would break me of being broody LOL.

 

[CoMtnGal]

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has anyone ever moved a broody in with about 75 4 week olds?  That would break me of being broody LOL.

I put a broody in with about 30 for 3 days, she went to roost with the big girls tonight. If she's back on the nest tomorrow, nanny time again..

 

[Runawaylobster]

Gimmie birdies, my hen is broody too

I have three marans starting up on being broody..... I can't believe it, i just thinned down on my laying flock
and then three decide to get broody.. looks like it's a trip to the broody buster for them, it seems to work
but not for long. i don't use broodies for hatching so for me it's an inconvenience.

 

[ocap]

I have three marans starting up on being broody..... I can't believe it, i just thinned down on my laying flock
and then three decide to get broody.. looks like it's a trip to the broody buster for them, it seems to work
but not for long. i don't use broodies for hatching so for me it's an inconvenience.

maybe we need a "Buy My Broody" thread, there are a lot of people on BYC that like to raise chickens that way

 

[Runawaylobster]

maybe we need a "Buy My Broody" thread, there are a lot of people on BYC that like to raise chickens that way

ya, i just had to sell a dark brahma for very cheap, she is almost constantly broody but because of her age nobody wanted her.
it seems that there are just a select few who appreciate the motherliness of a broody.. i hear brahmas are awesome broodys, she
hatched two sittings for me a while back but it was mostly to satisfy my curiosity and teach myself the real story about broody
hatching. The only problem was protecting her and the chicks from the other hens, with limited pen space.. it is shocking to see
another hen snatch up a baby and run away with it. Fortunately i was supervising so no harm was done, but i learned alot..

 

[Tuhmu]

I think its funny how people that don't want broodys get them and people that do don't, haha. I have my one dark brahma who is broody, she's on day 12ish? I would love to have more, just because it will be so much easier to let her do all the flock introductions. I have a 4' x 2' x 2' cage I made up, in the coop, that she gets to stay in for the first few weeks or so when she gets her little fluffers.