Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Johnn]

Couldn't find her :'(!!!!!! my mam is going to go have a look tomorrow, but what im starting to feel is that someone went to steal some, couldn't catch them so set their dogs off and it got out of control, it killed flora so they left her and caught Melow so they took her, not sure though, just can not find her! , there was a trail of feathers all the way to flora and this is all i have for Melow!, there is other feathers but they leed up to that then it suddenly stops.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Do you have foxes or coyotes there? I would imagine them to be the culprits. At least I would choose to believe that first as I try to have a good opinion of others, even when they don't deserve it. I've had trails of feathers and missing birds too without a single trace and I know that coyotes were to blame.

Hopefully she will still show up. It was just yesterday that it happened, right? If so, its possible she could still show up or you'll find her.

So sorry.

If it was a fox, you can bet it will be back after a day or two. Firm up your security around your coop and maybe only let them free range while you're right there for a while.

 

[Johnn]

Do you have foxes or coyotes there? I would imagine them to be the culprits. At least I would choose to believe that first as I try to have a good opinion of others, even when they don't deserve it. I've had trails of feathers and missing birds too without a single trace and I know that coyotes were to blame.

Hopefully she will still show up. It was just yesterday that it happened, right? If so, its possible she could still show up or you'll find her.

So sorry.

If it was a fox, you can bet it will be back after a day or two. Firm up your security around your coop and maybe only let them free range while you're right there for a while.

never had a fox before, but its possible, when i explained the bite etc to a game keeper they said it wont be a fox or stoat :/, i hope she turns up but it's not looking posotive, i have looked mostley everywere, no feather,blood,bones, absalutley nothing!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

never had a fox before, but its possible, when i explained the bite etc to a game keeper they said it wont be a fox or stoat :/, i hope she turns up but it's not looking posotive, i have looked mostley everywere, no feather,blood,bones, absalutley nothing!!

If not a fox or a stoat what did he think it could have been?

 

[Johnn]

If not a fox or a stoat what did he think it could have been?

he said he is sure its a dog, but say the sog took Melow away, it would only take her back to the owners then they would have put her back in the field, so im so confused, if anything else bad happens i will get a game cam....

 

[naturespace]

Horrible. So sorry to hear this happened. keep us up-to-date.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

That is certainly an interesting idea. I suppose if you can get the timing right it would be profitable. But with my two broodies who do it whenever they want to I don't think I could ever get the timing right. I suppose if I only had broodies, and many of them, it might work. But I also think that, like women, they would eventually all sync to the same cycle and I'd have like 20 broodies at once. Hey maybe that would work for you!

ye, i was thinking of just having loads of broody hens, but Ive just thought of another problem, you wouldn't get many in the winter, oh but then again not many people would want to set in winter.
I'm going to have to think it over a bit more, there there could e something out of it.

 

[Johnn]

The chicks are starting to leave mama, not the other way around, when i let them out they left her to go free range and she followed them, they also went to bed with out her leading them in the shed, they are starting to grow up and i don't think she is happy about it!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

he said he is sure its a dog, but say the sog took Melow away, it would only take her back to the owners then they would have put her back in the field, so im so confused, if anything else bad happens i will get a game cam....

Johnn whats a sog?

 

[Johnn]

Horrible. So sorry to hear this happened. keep us up-to-date.

Thanks, i will but not looking good for Melow so far