LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

View attachment 3589570Can't wait til hatch day!!

Same! 11 more days! If Cruella stats broody till tomorrow night, this will be her longest run yet, and hoping it's a successful one!

 

[TwoCrows]

Same! 11 more days! If Cruella stats broody till tomorrow night, this will be her longest run yet, and hoping it's a successful one!

Time seems to stand still waiting for hatch day. Sounds like she is sticking to it, by now she must know if the eggs are fertile!

 

[fluffycrow]

Time seems to stand still waiting for hatch day. Sounds like she is sticking to it, by now she must know if the eggs are fertile!

I really hope she sticks to it! It's amazing to think that they know! Have you actually had broodies quit because the eggs were infertile?

 

[TwoCrows]

I really hope she sticks to it! It's amazing to think that they know! Have you actually had broodies quit because the eggs were infertile?

They do know, I think it's wired into their brains, at least on most birds. I've had them kick infertile eggs out of the nest, I go out in the morning to open up for the day and a couple of eggs are laying around. I've even put them back under the hen and she pushes them back out again. I believe they are sensing the weight changes in the fertile eggs.

 

[fluffycrow]

They do know, I think it's wired into their brains, at least on most birds. I've had them kick infertile eggs out of the nest, I go out in the morning to open up for the day and a couple of eggs are laying around. I've even put them back under the hen and she pushes them back out again. I believe they are sensing the weight changes in the fertile eggs.

That does make sense, and it's really vool! Have you found that it's linked to experience at all? The first time she broke the eggs were on day 8, and I did eggtopsies, so I know they were developing. She was broody for some more days, so the eggs were on day 8, she was on day 11 or 12. Could it be that she sensed they weren't developing fast enough?

 

[TwoCrows]

That does make sense, and it's really vool! Have you found that it's linked to experience at all? The first time she broke the eggs were on day 8, and I did eggtopsies, so I know they were developing. She was broody for some more days, so the eggs were on day 8, she was on day 11 or 12. Could it be that she sensed they weren't developing fast enough?

Experience can play a part and some birds can improve their skills, but the motherly instinct should be programmed in in the first place. Some broodies do break eggs and I am not sure why they do this. I don't think they sense time passage as in a certain amount of days to hatch, but hormones will shut off after a certain period of time. (Complicated stuff here as to how each bird is wired up). So the rate of development in the eggs shouldn't have been an issue for Cruella, not sure why breaking them open serves any purpose though. I think like any other creature on this planet, some make good moms and others don't.

 

[fluffycrow]

Experience can play a part and some birds can improve their skills, but the motherly instinct should be programmed in in the first place. Some broodies do break eggs and I am not sure why they do this. I don't think they sense time passage as in a certain amount of days to hatch, but hormones will shut off after a certain period of time. (Complicated stuff here as to how each bird is wired up). So the rate of development in the eggs shouldn't have been an issue for Cruella, not sure why breaking them open serves any purpose though. I think like any other creature on this planet, some make good moms and others don't.

Oh no, Cruella didn't break any eggs! She just broke from being broody on day 8! I broke the eggs to see if they were developing !

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh no, Cruella didn't break any eggs! She just broke from being broody on day 8! I broke the eggs to see if they were developing !

Oh, oops I read that wrong. Sorry! Well then this is good to know, at least you don't have an egg murderer on your hands!

 

[TwoCrows]

But seriously, if she broke at day 8, her hormones probably weren't all that strong at that time. How old was she then?

 

[fluffycrow]

But seriously, if she broke at day 8, her hormones probably weren't all that strong at that time. How old was she then?

6 barely 7 months old. They were sold to me as 4 month olds, but they mightve been slightly younger. I should mention that she was sitting for 11-12 days. She got eggs 4 days later, thus day 8 for the eggs