madlaina
Chirping
Thanks. I am not too hopeful with batch no. 1. A second hen went broody a few days later and we managed to move her into a separate pen and she has been left to her own devices. We will know within the week how many (if any) of our eggs hatch. This is the first time for us and it is just an experiment.It is so much more stressful when they are brooding in GP, they are not the brightest creatures in the world and are easily confused!! They will sit on and try and hatch golf balls for heavens sake!
My last brood in GP went disasterous (there is a post charting all that progress - Broody Plymouth BR hatchalong) we ended up with just one hatching just because of all the interruptions, other hens moving eggs, mumma kicking out eggs, me collecting them by mistake... it was just a balls up from the get go!! But. I did learn loads on that brood, this time I successfully moved the broody before she was given the fertilised eggs, to her own maternity wing, where she is just getting on with it! I don't even have to think about it, I know that no one else can get in there to bother her, even I leave her alone!! And hopefully with less interruptions we'll actually get a decent hatch rate!
Best of luck with your musical broodys
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