Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Alexander]

I hate it that my father is so pesimistic.He told me not to worry,nothing will come out of those.

 

[laughingull]

perchie.girl :

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OH MY GAWD that has to be a prize winning picture.... May I share it with some friends?

Wow thnx- and of course

 

[laughingull]

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OH wow- lovely pics and thank you for sharing this part of the cycle (all that was missing from my broody hatch was the hatch part so now i can enjoy it vicariously)

 

[laughingull]

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That is some story and what a precious picture!

I think if I was you I'd go ahead and take those eggs out if they explode from being rotten, you'll have a big mess on your hands.

If they were going to hatch they would have by now, so glad to hear she has accepted her little ones. and they her!

x2!

OK will do... poor gal is still turning them, i wonder what i will find inside...

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had to open the remaining ones my hen had moved out from under her, they we partially formed but something had happened. I needed to know. She might just get up and leave them because the chicks will have to eat unless you've done what I did and moved food and water right next to them. If thats the case she'll probably keep on sitting. You never know with these hens they surely have a mind of their own.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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sorry about that Alexander, lets hope he's proven wrong [respectfully of course]

 

[Sadiew]

Oh what great pics in last two posts, I can't wait till mine arrive. It is day 21 and no signs yet oh I am so impatient and hard to keep away and not peek constantly

 

[featherz]

Mom got up today - she's pretty pale but I've been giving her scrambled egg when none of the others is looking. I hope she perks up soon. She's being a good mommy and I discovered she actually hatched out four chicks, three grey ones and one yellow.

We have quite a few gnats in the coop due to all the rain, but I can't clean under her yet so I hope they don't harm the chicks.

More pics!

 

[Sadiew]

Oh they are lovely

 

[broodytood]

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Are the blue babies BLRW? They are beautiful!!! How much do you have to watch a broody after a hatch? Do they just get weak from all that setting? Thanks for putting up w/ all my Q's!