Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Johnn]

i can see a lot of snow here in the future to lol hope the younger chickens will have a okay time for their first winter

hope mine manage with their first but i dont see why they wouldnt because by the time it snows they will be fully grown hens/cockerels!! (hope i have one hen and a cockerel, i defantly know my maran chicks a boy but my orp chick just confuses me!!)

 

[Lacy Blues]

That little buff girl? I'm pretty sure she's a she.

 

[Johnn]

That little buff girl? I'm pretty sure she's a she.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Looks like all female feathering to me Johnn.

 

[stonykill]

 

[farmer boy]

hope mine manage with their first but i dont see why they wouldnt because by the time it snows they will be fully grown hens/cockerels!! (hope i have one hen and a cockerel, i defantly know my maran chicks a boy but my orp chick just confuses me!!)

well i live in canada so they will have to live in winter for a while and they will be eating a lot more feed now i only have 32 chickens and ducks

 

[Haloclimb]

Do you guys often have late hatching eggs under broody hens? I've got 2 eggs left under my hen that haven't pipped yet, 2 days after hatch day, although the other two chicks of our three only hatched yesterday. Neither of the eggs have pipped either. Does this mean they've probably not made it? All were developing fine when I last candled them.

 

[stonykill]

Do you guys often have late hatching eggs under broody hens? I've got 2 eggs left under my hen that haven't pipped yet, 2 days after hatch day, although the other two chicks of our three only hatched yesterday. Neither of the eggs have pipped either. Does this mean they've probably not made it? All were developing fine when I last candled them.

sometimes but not often. My broody chicks hatch between day 19 and 21 normally, but I have had them as late as day 25. Eggs aren't on a timer and can't read calenders....so it happens. But like Isaid, not often.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I'd let them go a few more days. Sometimes, if the hen gets off the nest and it's a cool/cold morning, the eggs will cool and that will slow development slightly. Just give them more time. It can't hurt anything.

 

[Haloclimb]

I'd let them go a few more days. Sometimes, if the hen gets off the nest and it's a cool/cold morning, the eggs will cool and that will slow development slightly. Just give them more time. It can't hurt anything.

sometimes but not often. My broody chicks hatch between day 19 and 21 normally, but I have had them as late as day 25. Eggs aren't on a timer and can't read calenders....so it happens. But like Isaid, not often.

I'll probably just let the broody decide when she wants to leave them then. I'll candle them tonight again to see if theres any life, but even if theres not I'm not too devastated considering these eggs were probably already a week+ old when I put them under her.