Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[aoxa]

  Mama 1st thing this morning. The 8 fuzzy butts 1st 1/2 hour off of the nest. It was about 38 outside. Notice how they don't care...   Mama is such a good girl 

Nice picture! Your chicks seem a lot more balanced than mine at that age. Especially the silkies. They can't navigate as well as day olds. Takes them 5 days to actually get rid of their rubber legs

I had food/water set up on cinder blocks with fire wood resting beside it for a step. The silkies couldn't even manage that! Almost starved themselves to death

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Mama 1st thing this morning. The 8 fuzzy butts 1st 1/2 hour off of the nest. It was about 38 outside. Notice how they don't care...

Mama is such a good girl

It is so great when your brooder is mobile!
You babies are adorable. They will be fine chickens one day!

 

[stonykill]

Nice picture! Your chicks seem a lot more balanced than mine at that age. Especially the silkies. They can't navigate as well as day olds. Takes them 5 days to actually get rid of their rubber legs

I had food/water set up on cinder blocks with fire wood resting beside it for a step. The silkies couldn't even manage that! Almost starved themselves to death

thanks. At 1 day old Sumatra chicks can jump/fly up 4 to 6 inches or more if needed to go where mama goes. They have been running around the front yard all day long. They are going to be tired tonight!

 

[aoxa]

  thanks. At 1 day old Sumatra chicks can jump/fly up 4 to 6 inches or more if needed to go where mama goes. They have been running around the front yard all day long. They are going to be tired tonight!

Sounds awesome. The silkies aren't jumping that high and they are 3 weeks now.

 

[Johnn]

My chicks are 15 weeks today, and guess who is STILL with them!!

Even Melow joined today!, family reunion!:

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

My chicks are 15 weeks today, and guess who is STILL with them!!

Even Melow joined today!, family reunion!:

Oh geez...this does not give me a lot of hope my Mamma will ever lay an egg again! Mine are 7 weeks old and they show no signs of independence, and she shows no signs of ever wanting them to!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mama 1st thing this morning. The 8 fuzzy butts 1st 1/2 hour off of the nest. It was about 38 outside. Notice how they don't care...

Mama is such a good girl

That is so sweet stony, Mama is a very good girl indeed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh geez...this does not give me a lot of hope my Mamma will ever lay an egg again! Mine are 7 weeks old and they show no signs of independence, and she shows no signs of ever wanting them to!

Very good mamas all of them, and Johnns wants to start her own flock.

 

[Johnn]

Very good mamas all of them, and Johnns wants to start her own flock.

i think so too!, Melows not intrested in them though, she likes them but is not intrested in still mothering them!!, my orp probablies does, she takes them away from the other flock, she eats away from them, she sleeps in the seperate shed again, shes showing no sign of laying, she dosen't even have a red comb again yet!, but i cant tell if shes still moulting or not, she has so many feathers!

 

[Johnn]

Oh geez...this does not give me a lot of hope my Mamma will ever lay an egg again! Mine are 7 weeks old and they show no signs of independence, and she shows no signs of ever wanting them to!

haha, what breed is your mama??