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You can find a bit about how I sand on this thread, https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=476616
As far as the broody goes, mine are usually stuck on broody-mode until they get to mother. Only once did a girl snap out of it, and that was a banty Cochin who's broody several times a year, and I tried to put chicks under her only a week in...and she wasn't ready and snapped out of it like a teenager with a newborn!
I would expect if you get the chicks out of there immediately, you could shove more eggs under her for a full round, but you need to check her muscle condition around her keel to make sure she's not losing too much nutrition/condition before putting her through another 3 weeks.
You could get some going for a couple of weeks overlapping, and let her finish them off, if the end is where you're losing your BCMs.
If you want any help, let me know!
You can find a bit about how I sand on this thread, https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=476616
As far as the broody goes, mine are usually stuck on broody-mode until they get to mother. Only once did a girl snap out of it, and that was a banty Cochin who's broody several times a year, and I tried to put chicks under her only a week in...and she wasn't ready and snapped out of it like a teenager with a newborn!
I would expect if you get the chicks out of there immediately, you could shove more eggs under her for a full round, but you need to check her muscle condition around her keel to make sure she's not losing too much nutrition/condition before putting her through another 3 weeks.
You could get some going for a couple of weeks overlapping, and let her finish them off, if the end is where you're losing your BCMs.
If you want any help, let me know!
