Lets talk about our current broodies :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sandracollins]

Princessmama I have just had a B.O. sit on nothing from 24 th of Dec and then on 17 th of Jan I put 3 Pekin cross eggs under her and she hatched all 3 on the 6 th Feb but sorry to say she squashed 1 by mistake. So she sat for 45 days in total so I think your hen should be fine.

 

[princessmama]

Thanks for the replies

I'll definitely go on an egg hunt now.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Sad report. The "broody" hen squashed on of the hatching eggs and I can't find the chick that I brought out there. I completely tore apart the loft area and the ground below.... not even a tiny trace of it...

I brought the other egg that had pipped back inside and pu it into the 'bator again. stupid hen.

 

[cybercat]

So sorry sometimes they just do not get it.

When I bought chicks last year and put them under those that were broody. I had one peck at the chicks. I removed them to another hen. This one peck at any chick that came near her. I booted her out of being broody fast.

 

[cybercat]

Well, my trick worked. Hen went broody. As far as I know she is sitting on 11 to 13 eggs. It was 11 this morning but more might have been added. She started today that I am sure of. So we now wait.

 

[FreeChicken!]

Since its a freezing wasteland up here where I live, and since I'm not allowed to have chickens in the house, I have no broody hens at the moment. But if my dad lets me, I hope to get some my hens broody this spring when they start laying again. And this time, hopefully I'll hatch pullets!

I got my first chickens on April 10, 2009, so it's been just under two years. Last spring, I experienced a broody hen for the first time-- my RIR hen, Simone. Simone was quite determined and attacked the hoe when I was cleaning the coop near the nesting box. Finally, after a couple days of research on hen behavior, I figured out that she was broody. I was given permission to allow Simone to hatch some chicks, so I labeled three of her eggs (it was easy to tell whose eggs they were. Simone is my only chicken that lays speckled, medium-brown eggs) with an "S" for Simone. Then, I eagerly awaited the hatch. Sadly, over the next week, each egg cracked. So I let Simone have a fourth egg to replace them. I hoped the chick inside would be a pullet. I wanted to name her Princess. It seemed like a nice name. But I never found out the chick's gender. The day before it was supposed to hatch, a rat stole it.
Feeling pretty discouraged, I let Simone have three new eggs. I was feeling pretty bad, so I forgot to keep track of how long the eggs were in that box with Simone. Then one day (On Monday, June 28, 2010, in case you're curious), I went outside to give the chickens their breakfast. I gave them their feed, scattering it around on the hard-packed earth. As usual, Simone came out with everyone else to eat. I took this chance to check the eggs and one of them had a hole in it. I was sad. I was sure that it was broken. I picked up the egg and it wiggled and peeped. I had never experienced a hatch before, so I was so excited that I was dizzy.
I moved Simone and her eggs into an old rabbit cage in an outdoor storage room connected to our house. Simone kept pacing around in her cage, angry at being "cooped up". So I prepared a cozy shoebox for her and put the eggs in it, then put it in the cage. Simone sat down, satisfied. It took hours, but I stayed with Simone and her baby the whole time. Finally, at 2:18 PM, I picked the egg up and set it down by the box to get one more picture. As I was trying to work out the camera's setting, the chick gave a final nudge and fell out of the egg. It was SO cute. Simone peeked out of the box to look at her baby. Then she gave it a look that seemed to say, "What is that thing? Do you really expect it to be related to me?" I sat there, staring at the chick. It wiggled its head, then tried to stand. It plopped over on its side. So I gently picked it up and gave it to Simone. She suddenly seemed proud.
Sadly, the other two eggs never hatched. After my chicky hatched, Simone kept kicking the other eggs out and they chilled.
To this day, I still own this chick. It took seven weeks and seven eggs and all I got was a cranky cockerel. He was named Pip when he was two days old. And I wouldn't trade my Pippy in for any other cranky cockerel in the whole wide world. He's got a babyish side and loves to be fussed over and mothered by humans. Last November, Simone finally decided that Pip should be on his own, so Pip turned to me for comfort.

Anyways, just had to share this story! It has something to do with broody hens... sorta.

I hope that I can report on Simone's next set of chicks if she decides to become broody again.

 

[kandooshe]

I had a broody in July, she hatched 15 eggs of 18 ,, sounds good

 

[crazyforchicks]

Ok so I have a idea, I was joking about my broody that is setting on a golf ball,

Ok it was funny to start with but I really feel bad for her because she is wasting her time there

So my question is should I go ahead and put some good fertile eggs under her and let her give it a shot? It does get pretty cold here in wisconsin at night still. Below zero temps, will the eggs be ok to hatch?

 

[chicks4kids]

She'll keep 'em warm. Temps are supposed to be warming up soon too! In my experience a hen will sit and sit and sit. I had one set for 45 days until she hatched out some chicks.

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[Ironmaiden]

I've had one sitting for 16 days now. I moved her inside to the utility room due to the blizzards. She keeps fouling the nest though and stinking up the whole house. This isn't your ordinary poo either! UGH! No more broodys inside!