June Hatch-A-Long

[chickengirl1193]

I keep mine in a personal space of her own.  They love the peace and quiet, and not having to worry about the others bothering them.  I also keep food and water near them as you are.  It sounds like you are in the same predicament as I was with my first broody one.  We did make a fenced in area on the floor for her.  She was in a bottom nesting box, so we made a fenced in area to her.

My first broody was 2 not one...One hen went broody and then her sister went broody and they nested side by side and constantly switched the eggs between nests and such. I just left them on the floor of the coop, but something was maybe stealing their eggs. Or eating the chick's as they hatched Because in 3 weeks they were still setting broken egg shells everywhere and no chicks. As it got closer to the 3 week mark you could hear peeping, but no chicks...so I gave them each a new set of 8 eggs a piece just like the first time. This time between the 2 of them setting 16 eggs 2 chick's hatched. Within hours that 2 became one...and those 2 hens cobrooded that one click and it ended up being an orange EE x BO hen. I sold the one sister and the single chick in the fall, and kept the other sister. And that hen is my woods broody. She did way better not in the coop, with no help or checking. Hatched 15 eggs and they were everyone hers, so she couldn't have had too many eggs she was setting because she didn't lay in the coop for about 2 weeks before she disappeared. So I knew what was up. An egg a day for 14 days and she came down with 15 chick's all from her own eggs. So she hatched as many as she set or really close to it. I know they were all her chick's because she is my only bantam and all the chicks were tiny. So...I'm not sure what I'm saying here other than brooding in the floor of a coop ends with worse results than setting in the woods with no protection from anything. After that first fiasco with 32 eggs and 8 weeks of setting ending in one live chicken I was never going to let another hen go broody and set eggs. Luckily woods broody decided she was going to do it anyway and restored my faith in broody hens. Lol.

My broody is on the floor of my coop but the coop is small, off the ground, and completely predator proof and gets locked at night. So im hoping she will be okay! She shares with the babies so they are in a maternity ward/nursery lol. It's the best I can do without compromising her safety or comfort. I could put her in a dog crate in the goat house(because it is connected to the chicken run) but I think being locked up would stress her out. And the goats would bother her. When it gets closer I'll fence off the area around her and the coop

 

[ChickyChickens]

My broodies eggs hatched on the 29th of June! I'm posting this late because i wasn't home then! Anyway here she is:

Here she is in her inside box!!!!


She had 11 but i think seven of them are males!! WAAAAAAA!! (crying)

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

My broodies eggs hatched on the 29th of June!

What a wonderful assortment of colours!

 

[Cynthia12]

What a wonderful assortment of colours!

X's 2!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Yes. Luckily my faves are the pretty good looking females!! YAY!!!!!!!
My other broodies have also got an assortment of colors!
If you want to see them go to this website:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/902060/need-name-stories-info-pics-etc

 

[missnu01]

I keep mine in a personal space of her own.  They love the peace and quiet, and not having to worry about the others bothering them.  I also keep food and water near them as you are.  It sounds like you are in the same predicament as I was with my first broody one.  We did make a fenced in area on the floor for her.  She was in a bottom nesting box, so we made a fenced in area to her.

My first broody was 2 not one...One hen went broody and then her sister went broody and they nested side by side and constantly switched the eggs between nests and such. I just left them on the floor of the coop, but something was maybe stealing their eggs. Or eating the chick's as they hatched Because in 3 weeks they were still setting broken egg shells everywhere and no chicks. As it got closer to the 3 week mark you could hear peeping, but no chicks...so I gave them each a new set of 8 eggs a piece just like the first time. This time between the 2 of them setting 16 eggs 2 chick's hatched. Within hours that 2 became one...and those 2 hens cobrooded that one click and it ended up being an orange EE x BO hen. I sold the one sister and the single chick in the fall, and kept the other sister. And that hen is my woods broody. She did way better not in the coop, with no help or checking. Hatched 15 eggs and they were everyone hers, so she couldn't have had too many eggs she was setting because she didn't lay in the coop for about 2 weeks before she disappeared. So I knew what was up. An egg a day for 14 days and she came down with 15 chick's all from her own eggs. So she hatched as many as she set or really close to it. I know they were all her chick's because she is my only bantam and all the chicks were tiny. So...I'm not sure what I'm saying here other than brooding in the floor of a coop ends with worse results than setting in the woods with no protection from anything. After that first fiasco with 32 eggs and 8 weeks of setting ending in one live chicken I was never going to let another hen go broody and set eggs. Luckily woods broody decided she was going to do it anyway and restored my faith in broody hens. Lol.

My broody is on the floor of my coop but the coop is small, off the ground, and completely predator proof and gets locked at night. So im hoping she will be okay! She shares with the babies so they are in a maternity ward/nursery lol. It's the best I can do without compromising her safety or comfort. I could put her in a dog crate in the goat house(because it is connected to the chicken run) but I think being locked up would stress her out. And the goats would bother her. When it gets closer I'll fence off the area around her and the coop

I'd think she would be fine. We have a ton of snakes. And I mean a ton of just run of the mill black snakes. And I'm not going to work at keeping them out. They don't mess with the chickens so I don't worry about it, but chicks are a tasty snack in my coop. Which is why I don't put chick's into the coop until they are fully feathered and then too large for small snakes to eat whole. Lol.

 

[Kim Z]

My last two June babies.

A BLRW/mystery mix
It has five toes and a few feathers on it's legs. Any guess as to the daddy's breed? Just look at those adorable toes!


A bantam sizzle who cries unless eating, sleeping or being held.

 

[Kazfam]

Update with momma and the 4 babies...up and at 'em this morning.

 

[mrchicks]

What cuties!

My last Saturday chicks moved to the brooder in the coop today, and the five week old batch moved out of the brooder pen and into their own in/out run. They had a blast, but were not happy when I locked them in and turned off the lights at bedtime. I had to force myself to close the door and come in the house. I'll be out there early tomorrow to let them out.

 

[JennaLynn122]

Well, here are the 2 early birds. They were the only ones to hatch out of the 4 that made it to Lockdown (kind of, we had to lock down on day 16/17 because one pipped that early)
Meet Buttercup and Pancake: They are best buds. They eat beside each other, they drink beside each other and they sleep beside each other. They refuse to be held one at a time, both or none. Otherwise you will have awful screatching from the brooder!








And i'd like to share my best buddy guineas... they are about 11/12 weeks old and also do everything together, as you can tell. Meet Hooty and The Blowfish(lol):