Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[bobbieschicks]

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So cute stony don't you just love those fuzzy butts. and nice pic of mama too how old is she?

xs2! Adorable!

 

[bobbieschicks]

17 more days till my silkie eggs hatch - I can't wait!

I love my silkies. They are fuzzy like puppies but you get to added bonus of eggs!

 

[stonykill]

The life of the self employed. Manhattan trip today. Made a phone call and had to run out and prepare for a 9 yard mulch delivery tomorrow for my wife. As I'm going out to the truck I hear a broody. Another broody had a hatch! I thought she was due next week!
This is her 1st time being broody. She was born last spring. Here she is with her 3 Sumatra fuzzy butts!

 

[bobbieschicks]

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Thanks!

I have an early pip. What a nice surprise after a crappy day at work!!!

Yeah! Chicks soon!

 

[stonykill]

So cute stony don't you just love those fuzzy butts. and nice pic of mama too how old is she?

I have had Mama 1-1/2 years and she went broody 3 weeks after I got her. So you have to figure she was at least 10 months old at that point. Maybe older. This is her 5th brood since I got her!

Mama is a really pretty girl, and a VERY good mama. She has earned her name!

 

[bobbieschicks]

The life of the self employed. Manhattan trip today. Made a phone call and had to run out and prepare for a 9 yard mulch delivery tomorrow for my wife. As I'm going out to the truck I hear a broody. Another broody had a hatch! I thought she was due next week!
This is her 1st time being broody. She was born last spring. Here she is with her 3 Sumatra fuzzy butts!

Awwhhhh! So adorable!

 

[Miss Lydia]

The life of the self employed. Manhattan trip today. Made a phone call and had to run out and prepare for a 9 yard mulch delivery tomorrow for my wife. As I'm going out to the truck I hear a broody. Another broody had a hatch! I thought she was due next week!
This is her 1st time being broody. She was born last spring. Here she is with her 3 Sumatra fuzzy butts!

Must be the heat lol but with 100 chickens how in the world would you know?

Congrats... adorable.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have had Mama 1-1/2 years and she went broody 3 weeks after I got her. So you have to figure she was at least 10 months old at that point. Maybe older. This is her 5th brood since I got her!

Mama is a really pretty girl, and a VERY good mama. She has earned her name!

She is beautiful..

 

[stonykill]

uggg, broody caos. I think mama's daughter stole 2 babies. Mama moved her nest. I checked (more like risked my life

) mama has babies with her, but daughter has at leat 2. So I won't know till tomorrow what is going on there. The other broody decided she didn't like her safe nest because eggs were still in it. So I emptied out the nest. Then with safety glasses and leather gloves on, tried to pick her up. She ATTACKED! BUT, she brought her 3 lil ones to the safe nest. It is going to be a LONG summer.

 

[stonykill]

Must be the heat lol but with 100 chickens how in the world would you know?

Congrats... adorable.

I know the roo and other hen she used to hang with. I don't know who's she was last year, but I do know she was born last year. She doesn't hang with Sammy or X Man, the 2 top roo's who have the older girls.