Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

Thought I would share a picture

Precious Congrats

 

[stonykill]

That is so true, stonykill has a RIR that brooded just this past summer, so we can't lump them all into one bag, they are all different.

I had 3 RIR's go broody this summer and one hatchery White Leghorn go broody as well as an Runner duck. None well known as broody's. If it is in their genes it is in their genes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had 3 RIR's go broody this summer and one hatchery White Leghorn go broody as well as an Runner duck. None well known as broody's. If it is in their genes it is in their genes.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Maybe its Your Water...... hee hee.

deb

 

[The Lazy L]

...orps sitting and clucking at me the last few days. I am gonna run outta room to put them. Do you think i should give them both some eggs to hatch or try to break them, that seems so harsh.

My broody BO I ignored and a little over 2 weeks later she gave up on her own.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My broody BO I ignored and a little over 2 weeks later she gave up on her own.

It's not always that easy. Happy it was for you.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

O.K got my 3rf and 4th broody's today, that's 4 broody's in 1 week, something in defiantly in the air. Ive decided to put eggs under 2 broody's and stop the other two. One of the broody's is a White Leghorn which I'm quite surprised about as they have been especially bred for laying and hardly ever go broody and it's quite uncommon for them to go broody i heard. Must be some deep internal instinct that has kicked in lol. Do i just put the broody's i want to stop in a cage with no nest for a couple days???

 

[bobbieschicks]

O.K got my 3rf and 4th broody's today, that's 4 broody's in 1 week, something in defiantly in the air. Ive decided to put eggs under 2 broody's and stop the other two. One of the broody's is a White Leghorn which I'm quite surprised about as they have been especially bred for laying and hardly ever go broody and it's quite uncommon for them to go broody i heard. Must be some deep internal instinct that has kicked in lol. Do i just put the broody's i want to stop in a cage with no nest for a couple days???

It's said that you can kick them off the nest repeatedly and they'll break. You can also put them in a cage off the ground so that they don't have a nice nest to lounge in. I've not been successful breaking my broodies - so I give them a few eggs to hatch and let them have at it. I can usually sell my extra chicks locally on Craigslist once they're fully feathered.

 

[Miss Lydia]

O.K got my 3rf and 4th broody's today, that's 4 broody's in 1 week, something in defiantly in the air. Ive decided to put eggs under 2 broody's and stop the other two. One of the broody's is a White Leghorn which I'm quite surprised about as they have been especially bred for laying and hardly ever go broody and it's quite uncommon for them to go broody i heard. Must be some deep internal instinct that has kicked in lol. Do i just put the broody's i want to stop in a cage with no nest for a couple days???

Thats what some folks do, nothing for them to sleep in so they feel the air up under them. All the best on your broody's keep us informed on how they do and remember not to get carried away and put too many eggs under them especially first time mamas.

 

[bobbieschicks]

Why in the world are my girls suddenly starting to lay on the floor of the coop! They are driving me batty!

It's like an Easter egg hunt around here - I find their eggs next to the stool that is under the nestbox area. There are eggs in the back of the coop next to the bale of alfalfa. I am occassionally finding them in the nest boxes, but the latest fun place to lay is apparently on the coop floor.

And Smokey is lingering in her new chosen nest/laying area just a little too long for my liking - doesn't she realize this is winter - yes it's 50F outside this week during the day - but it won't be like that for the next 21 days. Soon we WILL have cooler weather and she will be mighty cold sitting down there on that nest trying to hatch those eggs. And she'd have to raise them in the cold!

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