Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Pensmaster]

She is my one and only person who knows anything about chickens and is interested in it.
I will probably hatch some chicks this year with broodies and she will be my first aid kit. I plan to raise them with broody, even thought she raised chicks in the brooder for years. I noticed that we didn't hatch a single hen that went broody for two years now. I hope that raising them with mother will help to get the instinct back.

That sounds like a good plan. Chicks will be stronger for it as well. Hope you get a good broody hen. So much easier than incubator

 

[Phill98]

Yeah, the mean ones are definitely the easiest ones to cull. And kudos to you for starting so young! In my opinion, the hardest part about culling isn't the physical act itself, but the mental preparation. It's hard to hurt, let alone kill, anything you develop empathy and fondness for. 

Thanks! I don't even think that bad ones would be any problem.

The ones that should be, from my point of view, the hardest ones, are sick hens. I feel sorry for them and just don't even think about it. Even thought, I really started to think that it just makes them a favour when I heard about Kassaundra's Shakespeare. He was not acting sick, so she couldn't know, but that made me think about it. So thanks Kass!

I started to search a bit on chicken diseases and I have to admitt that I have learned nothing by now.

 

[Phill98]

That sounds like a good plan. Chicks will be stronger for it as well. Hope you get a good broody hen. So much easier than incubator

I do have some great broodies right now, but the only problem is that I stopped getting those.

Today I found some cracked eggs in the nest box. I just hope that they didn't start to eat the eggs. If they did, I don't know what will I do. They already free range all day long

 

[Pensmaster]

I do have some great broodies right now, but the only problem is that I stopped getting those.

Today I found some cracked eggs in the nest box. I just hope that they didn't start to eat the eggs. If they did, I don't know what will I do. They already free range all day long

Some say that the fake eggs will help break them of that if they are. It could also be a varmit but I suppose they would have taken the whole egg. Also a hen may have cracked them getting in and out of nest. So many things possible. As grandma if she had any problems with this and ask what to do.
I fed mine scrambled eggs for awhile and it seemed to help. Or it was just a coincidence

 

[Phill98]

Some say that the fake eggs will help break them of that if they are. It could also be a varmit but I suppose they would have taken the whole egg. Also a hen may have cracked them getting in and out of nest. So many things possible. As grandma if she had any problems with this and ask what to do.
I fed mine scrambled eggs for awhile and it seemed to help. Or it was just a coincidence

Dhe said that they weren't doing it. I think that they broke them going in. Today we found seven eggs in one nest box

 

[Pensmaster]

Dhe said that they weren't doing it. I think that they broke them going in. Today we found seven eggs in one nest box

Very good.

Do you date the eggs the broody starts with?

 

[Phill98]

Very good.

Do you date the eggs the broody starts with?

I don't have the broody right now, but I plan on doing it, I know that they sometimes lay one or two eggs when they start to sit.

And do you know how much eggs should go under a broody? I can put under most of my hens tops 19 eggs, but I don't think that they could take care of that many. Especially if they all hatch

 

[Pensmaster]

I don't have the broody right now, but I plan on doing it, I know that they sometimes lay one or two eggs when they start to sit.

And do you know how much eggs should go under a broody? I can put under most of my hens tops 19 eggs, but I don't think that they could take care of that many. Especially if they all hatch

Very good question I usually only allow 12 eggs. Others here may be able to tell you better than I. Coverage of the hen for the eggs would be deciding factor.

 

[Phill98]

Very good question I usually only allow 12 eggs. Others here may be able to tell you better than I. Coverage of the hen for the eggs would be deciding factor.

Like I said, they can cover a lot but I don't know if they can keep all of them warm. I don't know if eggs should be only under her without feathers or maybe even less then that. I just don't know.

 

[Pensmaster]

Like I said, they can cover a lot but I don't know if they can keep all of them warm. I don't know if eggs should be only under her without feathers or maybe even less then that. I just don't know.

That's what I was thinking about when I mentioned coverage so we are thinking the same thing. If she can't keep them warm no sense in giving them to her. I had a broody hen set in the wild here she came back with 11 chicks. I never found the nest she had so I do t know how many she actually tried.