Need advice...Had to move hen/eggs after 1st chick hatched.

If you break a broody in nesting, she will try again a few months later. My black and ‘partridge coloured’ Dutch get broody about 3 -4 times each year even without leaving eggs in the nest. The older the harder to break their broodiness. In general this starts at the end of winter and ends early autumn. A pyle Dutch and the Tournaisisses didn’t get broody until now. Maybe they are not ‘allowed’ being lower in the pecking order :idunno.
Next spring I want new chicks and bc I don’t have a rooster I need to buy fertile eggs somewhere. I haven’t decided yet what breed I will buy. Maybe bantam Auracana or Bielefelder.
Awesome! Sounds like a good choice! Thanks for the good info too. I'm hoping we have one go broody, this Spring too. We didn't get any chicks from the two Marans that were doing the sitting, just a bunch of other hens eggs. Next time, I'll be more prepared.
 

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Looking at fluffy babies never gets old, thanks for sharing! I love the egg color assortment she had and the chicks are just TOO cute
Totally agree! I love sharing pics of my chickens with people who don't think I'm crazy because I take so many pictures of them. Everyone here just gets it. 😆
 
Looking at fluffy babies never gets old, thanks for sharing! I love the egg color assortment she had and the chicks are just TOO cute
These are the two week old chicks, my other broody hen hatched. The yellow one is from the same hen(all are from the same roo), as chick #2, that hatched today. They look so different...I love it! ❤
 

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