Okay, thanks!
That's what this thread is - it's only for broody hatching.Isn't it about time the site managers created a whole separate section for this subject?
With all the interest in this, incubator hatching and broody hatching should really have their own categories, I think--totally different subjects...
Where or to whom should this be suggested?
Hmm wonder were she was hiding those eggs? !0 more days to go Wy, yippie. I went out first thing this morning and switched Miss Lydia and her babies to the other side of the brood coop so i could clean out their side, She was up and kinda standing on her leg but I haven't actually had her out to look at it this morning. I have checked her leg over though and saw a small bluish bruise on her upper leg a couple days ago and no heat but a little swelling so i will continue soaking in Epsom salt water and hope for the best. [she likes this side of the coop better because they have a window they can see all action instead of just looking out the front. ]Congrats on the new kitty Indy cute.That's what this thread is - it's only for broody hatching.Not incubator hatching.
myby - CONGRATS!!!
SilkiesForEver - CONGRATS!!! - we adopted a cat on the 4th of July one and we named her Indy for "Independence Day"
JoshU - BEST of luck to Wilma!!!
Miss Lydia....how is Miss Lydia? I hope she's better. Did you check for swelling in her hocks, and heat? I'm wondering if it's more of a problem higher up, that is possibly making her drag her feet more or something?
Well, either my broody Giant hen was holding 2 eggs in her wings when I lifted her up the other day, or she has laid 2 since going broody, which I highly HIGHLY doubt. She has 6 eggs now (out of 10 that she started with), I thought she had only 4. I haven't candled yet, but she seems to be sticking to her nest now. Today is day 12. I did find 3 eggs all in a cluster about a foot from her nest last night....They felt not cold, but definitely not as warm as they usually are, but I tucked them back under her. If these eggs weren't so doggone valuable to me, I'd just leave them to watch & see what she does with them.
Today is supposed to be 98. I've had a fan on her for over a week now, which I leave on 24/7, putting it on low at night and high during the day. And, she hasn't been eating much, so I've been cooking her one egg yolk a day...she readily gobbles it up, but won't eat any feed. I'm going to give her 2 yolks today. Oh, I should say that I've put in a bit of chick starter and she does seem to pick at that. But she hasn't pooped in 3 days nowso I know she's not eating enough!
I've been giving my broody girl feeder insects (dubia's) about 5 every day. I know she gets off the nest at least once every day, I can't tell if she is pooping or not or eating other then the dubia's I bring her, but she doesn't appear to be loosing weight, not that it is very easy to tell w/ all the fluffing up she does. It's her and my first time "broody" so just hoping nature knows what it's doing. My girl is in an open nesting tray, anything I have that would give her more privacy would also block airflow and w/ temps over 100 for the past week or two that is just not an option..
Today is supposed to be 98. I've had a fan on her for over a week now, which I leave on 24/7, putting it on low at night and high during the day. And, she hasn't been eating much, so I've been cooking her one egg yolk a day...she readily gobbles it up, but won't eat any feed. I'm going to give her 2 yolks today. Oh, I should say that I've put in a bit of chick starter and she does seem to pick at that. But she hasn't pooped in 3 days nowso I know she's not eating enough!
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Yay!!!!!YES!!! She is setting like nothing changed!
