My unbroody hens

[MyCreoleBirds]

I noticed you are a fairly new member. Relax, in the spring most likely you will have a bird go broody. Some breeds are more prone to go broody than others. Usually in the spring I have several who want to brood. I haven't used a broody in many years. Now I put the eggs I want to hatch in an incubator.

Thank you for the advice. what brand of incubator do you use?

 

[cmom]

I've had it for a long time, it's an older GQF Sportsman cabinet.

 

[aart]

When exactly is spring?

When the increase in daylight is accelerating...
....generally between the vernal equinox in March and the summer solstice in June.

 

[cmom]

When exactly is spring? Knowing when the seasons are is really tricky for me because I live in the Caribbean and it's summer all year around here.

I live in North Central Florida. I will be setting up my breeding pens this week. I've already started but need to move more birds around. I will start collecting eggs sometime in February and set them and my first test hatch should be in March. I've had a coyote stalking. Last night it attempted to dig under a fence but got zapped by the electric wire so abandoned the attempt.

 

[MyCreoleBirds]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! Age and breed are the two prime reasons your hens won't go broody. A young hen can't be coaxed to go broody because she is not mentally mature and doesn't fully understand the process of sitting on eggs and brooding chicks. Some chickens who are certain breeds e.g Leghorns have broodiness bred out of their instincts. So it isn't in their genetics.

I don't know what breeds they are because I caught them wild, but I can show them to you... I started marking he fresh egg so that I know which ones I want to hatch, I also don't know what she they are.

 

[cmom]

Are the eggs white or brown? The black birds look like they could be Andalusians and the other not sure from the picture.

 

[MyCreoleBirds]

Are the eggs white or brown? The black birds look like they could be Andalusians and the other not sure from the picture.

The eggs are a beige colour like this