Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[dkcrumly]

1st homegrown chick that hatched yesterday (day 19). It's a bantam Araucana hatched by my bantam Cochin!

 

[Tiss]

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Precious, Congratulations to you and your hen!!

 

[kegbergman]

Yesterday was day 10 so I candled the 7 eggs that my BO hen has been brooding. To my untrained eye I see major shadowing on 5 eggs, 1 I'm not sure about as the shadowing looks different than the other 5 (all to one side and looks more red then dark) and 1 that doesn't look good at all.
My concern though is that on a couple of occasions when I have kicked mama off the nest to do her business and eat, I have noticed that a couple of the eggs are cooler than the others. Is it possible that these will hatch out or are they likely to have died?

 

[Miss Lydia]

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She should be moving them around as she knows what to do, the ones you felt were cool could have been under her a while earlier. Have you been on this site?
http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

 

[Tiss]

Poor Red, she's been sitting so long (almost 30 days now) that I noticed some of her feathers are getting sparse on her breast.

It's 100 degrees today, I feel so bad for her. Only a few days to go though. Hang in there, Red!

 

[Miss Lydia]

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to Red and all the other broodys sitting in this weather. Takes real dedication!!

 

[stonykill]

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to Red and all the other broodys sitting in this weather. Takes real dedication!!

I know, "mama" my beautiful blue Sumatra is sitting on eggs in a tin shed. It's warm in there....

And I see "little Blue" has been laying in a nest in there as well. Maybe the Ferrel little thing will finally go broody in a safe spot!

 

[Miss Lydia]

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to Red and all the other broodys sitting in this weather. Takes real dedication!!

I know, "mama" my beautiful blue Sumatra is sitting on eggs in a tin shed. It's warm in there....

And I see "little Blue" has been laying in a nest in there as well. Maybe the Ferrel little thing will finally go broody in a safe spot!

Maybe she has finally gotten the picture stony. Hope they are are doing great in this hot summer. It's been up to 90* here in the mountains with high humidity, I am thankful all of mine are through whether they know it or not. found 2 bantams sitting on eggs today not theirs, I had to chase both off the nests. Their nuts.

 

[stonykill]

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I know, "mama" my beautiful blue Sumatra is sitting on eggs in a tin shed. It's warm in there....

And I see "little Blue" has been laying in a nest in there as well. Maybe the Ferrel little thing will finally go broody in a safe spot!

Maybe she has finally gotten the picture stony. Hope they are are doing great in this hot summer. It's been up to 90* here in the mountains with high humidity, I am thankful all of mine are through whether they know it or not. found 2 bantams sitting on eggs today not theirs, I had to chase both off the nests. Their nuts.

yes they are. If I'm not making noise in my workshop when a broody gets up to eat, I start laughing everytime. 1st, a loud screech. Then the broody flies 5 or 6 feet off the ground for 30 to 70 yards to get where she wants to be (Sumatra's fly SO WELL). Then the ticked off broody dance starts. So funny