Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

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I think she would have to go to the stock pot if she were mine.
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She's a little B. She has got one more chance. I am considering re-homing 5 of the hens who bully her then replace them with some ex batts, I'm sick of pure breeds, I don't have any look with them.
 
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I candled my eggs today........
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I really tried not to, but I couldn't help myself. I think they are all viable and living. I couldnt see anything only darkness inside the egg. They are brown eggs and seem to be very difficult to see anything thru...or it is my flashlight? It is a big LED flashlight ?????
None of them had any hideous smell or anything. So I am hopeful any day now
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This is TORTURE! I am going to leave them alone from now on out so I don't do any damage to them. Hopeful I havent already...
 
Johnn said:
She's a little B. She has got one more chance. I am considering re-homing 5 of the hens who bully her then replace them with some ex batts, I'm sick of pure breeds, I don't have any look with them.
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So you have 5 that are nasty? I think I would put them all in the freezer and replace them with peaceful birds. Are they all the same breed?
 
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gg706 said:
So you have 5 that are nasty? I think I would put them all in the freezer and replace them with peaceful birds. Are they all the same breed?
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1 is a ex batt who until today has been one of Babs's best friends for 2 years, 2 are Buff Orpingtons and the other 2 are mix breeds. Hatin' them all at the minute.
 
I just wanted to announce my first broody of the year!  Well, I think I have another broody but have had no success finding her.  This one had been missing for 2 weeks when I finally figured out where she disappeared to.  She had 17 or 18 eggs underneath her but when candled none were viable.  They were fertile, most of them did nothing or started and died within a couple days.  I am guessing they sat out in the cold and freezing temperatures for to long before she started to sit.  They were all rotten. :sick
She now has 9 long tail mix eggs underneath her and I am excited for my first broody this year!  Can't wait for babies.

Here is some pictures of my little witch right now.  She is normally pretty friendly so I was a little surprised by her ultra nasty broody temper but this is her first time being broody ever too.
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minihorse927 said:
I just wanted to announce my first broody of the year! Well, I think I have another broody but have had no success finding her. This one had been missing for 2 weeks when I finally figured out where she disappeared to. She had 17 or 18 eggs underneath her but when candled none were viable. They were fertile, most of them did nothing or started and died within a couple days. I am guessing they sat out in the cold and freezing temperatures for to long before she started to sit. They were all rotten.
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She now has 9 long tail mix eggs underneath her and I am excited for my first broody this year! Can't wait for babies.

Here is some pictures of my little witch right now. She is normally pretty friendly so I was a little surprised by her ultra nasty broody temper but this is her first time being broody ever too.

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She's really pretty!, Good Luck :)
 
Thanks! I have got her down to hatch them the 14th of April the only thing I am going to have to watch is when they hatch. She picked such a lovely location to sit that the chicks are going to be unable to get out of the nest.
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The only thing I hate about letting mine free range is when they go broody they pick the worst spots for the chicks to get out of but they are also the best spots to be broody because nothing will ever bother her where she is at, well other than me bothering her by walking into the horse barn.
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Hoping for 9 little chicks in a couple Sundays!
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