Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Pictures please..

Well this girl is an early bird. And it came out of the smallest egg. Tomorrow will be day 21. One down 13 to go!!!! What a cutie and super tiny.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/cayuseranch/Mobile Uploads/IMG_4989.jpg

That is one sweet pic. don't you love those bantams they are so tiny...

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Hi dawng, those are some awesome pics. you do good being a wall lol. She literally has chicks coming out all over. Congrats that all are healthy and mamas are so good with them, sorry you lost one. We had the same thing happen and lost it too. Our grandkids were here and it was a difficult lesson for us all as well. We had a funeral for a chick and a duckling, the sweetest part for me was my little 8 yr. old grandson reading the 23 Psalm at the funeral. But life goes on and we all have some awesome chicks and mamas!! Congrats again

 

[Lyssa]

My 7 month old Wyandotte decided to go broody, 1 month after starting to lay... I read about breaking her, and I just didn't like that solution. So, I got several fertile eggs.
Here she is.



she is so happy with her little ones. I enjoyed watching her today and seeing her crunch up barley so the babies could eat. I am really enjoying it.

 

[Fuffy]

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Oh Fuffy i am so happy for you and Hermonie, when you first came on this thread you were very disappointed about your failed hatch, but look now!!! those pictures are precious and I just want to say

Thank you!!!!!!

The quality of my pics isn't very good: Have to shoot through the glass door and the wire mesh. Will dust off my real camera very soon, not my mobile

Mom and babies are all up and about this morning already

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Lyssa, it is very hard for me to break up a broody, thats why i have had 9 so far this spring.

but from here on out, NO MORE!!!

Congrats on the chicks cute pics.

 

[Lyssa]

I hope that I don't end up with 9 broodies

I guess you're right, I'll have to rethink broodies then.

 

[Fuffy]

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Lyssa, it is very hard for me to break up a broody, thats why i have had 9 so far this spring.

but from here on out, NO MORE!!!

Congrats on the chicks cute pics.

Well remember you don't HAVE to give them eggs or chicks!

And you don't need to do some of the awful things people do to stop them.

You can just take the eggs away as often as possible and let Nature take it's course. They do start laying again eventually

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Lyssa, it is very hard for me to break up a broody, thats why i have had 9 so far this spring.

but from here on out, NO MORE!!!

Congrats on the chicks cute pics.

Well remember you don't HAVE to give them eggs or chicks!

And you don't need to do some of the awful things people do to stop them.

You can just take the eggs away as often as possible and let Nature take it's course. They do start laying again eventually

One of my original broodys that raised her chicks became broody again. She just broke herself. I took the eggs away and finally she just laid on nothing but shavings, she just came out of her brodiness yesterday.

 

[CayuseRanch]

Problem! Please help! This afternoon i got home to find chicky outside dead in the run and momma on nest. Did she get down and take baby with but leave behind? Did another hen steal her and kill it? There is no way the chick got out on it's own and momma seems protective. Could it have died and she kick it out? It was early, but seemed good yesterday. Should I move mom somewhere private? Help newbie here plz

 

[Lyssa]

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Lyssa, it is very hard for me to break up a broody, thats why i have had 9 so far this spring.

but from here on out, NO MORE!!!

Congrats on the chicks cute pics.

Well remember you don't HAVE to give them eggs or chicks!

And you don't need to do some of the awful things people do to stop them.

You can just take the eggs away as often as possible and let Nature take it's course. They do start laying again eventually

This is good to hear, b/c I really don't want to have to stick them in a wire cage...