Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

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[stonykill]

my shop broody is comfortably sitting on 3 Sumatra eggs. Set the morning of January 7th. We'll see if she does better this time!

 

[silkymom1986]

I bought 20 silkie eggs that I planned on incubating because none of my silkies have gone broody yet, then 2 days after I set them on the 3rd one went broody so I pulled 2 out of the bator and put under her. This is my first time trying to hatch with a broody hen. So far I have left her with the rest of the flock, and the weird thing is, my other hens insist on laying in the same box she's in, so I have to go under her and pull out the eggs from under her everyday that I don't want to hatch. Why do they keep doing that? I know I am going to have to move her but I thought she would be fine with the rest of the flock until it got closer to lockdown.

for them, she wants to be a mommy so bad I can tell!!!

 

[silkymom1986]

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Awwww, they are so cute!!!!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

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Best of luck!

 

[lswatson111304]

I'm seriously way too anxious about this. I am READY!!!! I just wanna know if any of my babies are going to hatch!!!

 

[Fuffy]

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Splish splosh!

Fab photo, Miss L!

 

[Niss]

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Splish splosh!

Fab photo, Miss L!

haha. On the day we had a storm all but one chicken was cowering in the coop, but all the ducks were in the streem playing.

 

[CheekyMare]

Broody Hens. Providing all kinds of cute.

 

[silkymom1986]

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OMG, how adorable is that!!!!

I so hope the eggs under my broody hatch so I can watch her raise little ones!!!