Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[welasharon]

OMG I love their itty bitty feet too. I pick them up just to look at them! LOL He was stuck and just a peddling.

 

[CayuseRanch]

Precious! What kind of chicky are the black and white ones?

 

[JulieNKC]

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x2, they are adorable.
Just candled the eggs under my broody, all 11 are moving. 9 more days!

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

So it sounds like you are all at the hatching stage and I am just starting....story of my life...late for all the good things.
I have learned alot reading many of the posts although I must say that over 2000 lends for some skimming.
I thoguht that by having eggs under a broody that I would be less obsessive than with the incubator...but NOOOOOO!!!!
I am now just staring at the poor little hen rather than eggs through the incubator....and we are day 1!!!! My husband came out to the coop today to ask if I would like him to build me a bunk (should have said yes).
Is this normal?????

and if not is it okay???
Just wanted to say congratulations on all the hatches and thanks for sharing your stories. First time broodie hatch for our little Angelina and for us!

 

[Cindilou]

Mrs. Feathers :

So it sounds like you are all at the hatching stage and I am just starting....story of my life...late for all the good things.
I have learned alot reading many of the posts although I must say that over 2000 lends for some skimming.
I thoguht that by having eggs under a broody that I would be less obsessive than with the incubator...but NOOOOOO!!!!
I am now just staring at the poor little hen rather than eggs through the incubator....and we are day 1!!!! My husband came out to the coop today to ask if I would like him to build me a bunk (should have said yes).
Is this normal?????

and if not is it okay???
Just wanted to say congratulations on all the hatches and thanks for sharing your stories. First time broodie hatch for our little Angelina and for us!

I keep opening the door seeing if she is still there. Yep, still pancaked out, annoyed with the humans with zero hatching experience. Going into day 5 now!
She knocked an egg out for the third time so I got rid of it. Figured there were just too many under her little flat body.
You're right though, 2000+ posts are hard to take in.​

 

[DAFox]

Three broodies hatching as I type. And guess what -- 3 new broodies. I have now lost count of how many broodies this year.
I am only going to have 1 of the 3 broodies rear this batch of chicks. I think I will do the same for the 3 new broodies (with only a few eggs under each this time instead of my usual dozen or more).

I know how to break a broody, but, since one of my breeding goals is for broody lines (Jersey Giant, Easter eggers, white/light egg layer mixes, dark/olive egg mixes) , I just can't bring myself to do that. Besides, I need to cull out bad broodies.

Dale-Ann

 

[Miss Lydia]

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That is adorable Welasharon, sweet pics.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mrs. Feathers :

So it sounds like you are all at the hatching stage and I am just starting....story of my life...late for all the good things.
I have learned alot reading many of the posts although I must say that over 2000 lends for some skimming.
I thoguht that by having eggs under a broody that I would be less obsessive than with the incubator...but NOOOOOO!!!!
I am now just staring at the poor little hen rather than eggs through the incubator....and we are day 1!!!! My husband came out to the coop today to ask if I would like him to build me a bunk (should have said yes).
Is this normal?????

and if not is it okay???
Just wanted to say congratulations on all the hatches and thanks for sharing your stories. First time broodie hatch for our little Angelina and for us!

Mrs. Feathers you are as normal as the rest of us

 

[stuckinthecity]

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I like your goals!





3 DAYS UNTIL MY BROODY'S EGGS HATCH!!!

 

[stonykill]

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good idea, but how will you cull out bad broody's if you don't let them raise their chicks? Part of being a broody is teaching the little ones how to be chickens. Being a broody is more than just hatching eggs. Besides, if you take chicks from 2 of them, I bet those 2 go broody again really quick. Food for thought.....