all the babies with their mom is to cute our broody 1 is doing good with her 6 babies hope to get a pic tonight did not want to bother them to much after i moved them to the empty coop
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I have a silly question. I have a broody hen, my little bantam dark brahma/bantam cochin cross. She is only 8 months old & this is already her second time going broody. I don't want to hatch out any of our eggs right now (our chickens are not very meaty--they're mostly WFBS), so I snagged a couple of turkey eggs from Linda. Will turkey eggs hatch under a broody chicken? Inquiring minds want to know.
Did I screw up?
So here's the situation: Today is day 22 for my broody and 7 purchased eggs. Yesterday I was really depressed because I didn't see any evidence of chicks. Our setup is a miniature coop/run (just big enough for a mama hen and chicks) that DH built exactly like our larger tractor-style, before I found out that it should be level with the ground, not elevated.
This afternoon, I looked out at the coop (for the 1000th time) only now, instead of being camped on her nest inside, Ms. Broody is squatting in her little run, underneath the ramp. It turns out that she had 5 chicks hatch today, but (apparently) once out of the coop she couldn't see how to get them back up the ramp, which wouldn't have been that big a deal except that a big thunderstorm was rolling in, just as I was running down there. I cleaned out the eggshell mess and the two remaining, unhatched eggs that I assumed were dead since she'd wandered away from them, and managed to get her and the chicks back inside (dropped one-- oops-- that I didn't know was there, she was holding it so when I picked her up, chick fell. I hope it's OK). Once I was back inside, though, I wondered about those two eggs, and when the downpour stopped, I went back down to the yard, put chick feed and water in the coop with them, and looked at the eggs, and ONE WAS HATCHING. Like right then. So I shrieked and tried to shove both the eggs back under Ms. Broody.
So, did I kill a perfectly good, viable already-hatching egg (or two) by removing them from the coop and leaving them out in the rain for 1/2 an hour? Or might they still be OK?
I have a silly question. I have a broody hen, my little bantam dark brahma/bantam cochin cross. She is only 8 months old & this is already her second time going broody. I don't want to hatch out any of our eggs right now (our chickens are not very meaty--they're mostly WFBS), so I snagged a couple of turkey eggs from Linda. Will turkey eggs hatch under a broody chicken? Inquiring minds want to know.
I'm sure she'll te back on them when she's ready. It's almost time for chicks!Well, we're on day 15 now ^^ Just candled last night and it looks like 9/11 are growing. This morning we cleaned out the entire coop (Took a few hours) and she was very mad about that lol. Now we came back and she was off them. Its been about an hour that she's been off and it is fairly warm (75) the coop is much warmer although I felt the eggs and they're starting to cool off :/ Should I be worried? Actually I am worried..... I've never had a broody Polish before and I don't want her to quit now.
I haven't tried it, but why wouldn't it work?I have a silly question. I have a broody hen, my little bantam dark brahma/bantam cochin cross. She is only 8 months old & this is already her second time going broody. I don't want to hatch out any of our eggs right now (our chickens are not very meaty--they're mostly WFBS), so I snagged a couple of turkey eggs from Linda. Will turkey eggs hatch under a broody chicken? Inquiring minds want to know.