Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

Oh and dont forget! Remember when Gracie hatched hers? They waited up until day 21 to hatch! You have been spoiled with the early hatches!

I know, i expected to go out there today and see lil chicks looking at me.

I'm so wanting one to be a frizzle and a pullet too. Not asking for much am I?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am very jelliouse of everyone who has more than one broody. I had been given 5 hens, the day before my momma went broody, and was told that the Jersy Giant in that groop was very broody. I figured after she settled in she would go for it here too....... well she looks like she wants to lay again, her comb has brightened up but not sure if she has actually laid yet. I hope she gose broody very soon, or that at least one of my girls will.

I love JG's hope she'll go broody for you. They are my next chickens after all i have now go to chickie heaven. lol Not sure how JG's and bantams would do together.. Probably get stepped on alot.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awh. Hope you wake up to pips and peeps

Thanks b. me too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh no that will my hen! With my luck her getting off with her once a day gallavanting we will be lucky to get any chicks!

She'll settle down soon

 

[hokankai]

You'll definitely have a harder time introducing the smaller chicks to the bigger chicks - but since they are bantam they may still be close in size. LF grow so fast sometimes that by 1 week old they're pretty big. My Lavender Orpingtons towered over their hatchmate silkies at 1 week. But like Stony said - it may be that the momma will be past teaching by then - so you will need to closely supervise and see if she accepts everyone.

Well let's hope it works out, because otherwise I'm going to have to pull everyone and raise them in a brooder -_-. I need both groups raised together! I'm hoping the incubator chicks hatch a little early since they'll be cochins...but then again if the broody ones hatch early too then it doesn't matter . As long as everyone gets along it should be fine. If they don't get the one on one lessons I'm sure they'll learn through imitation.

 

[stonykill]

Well let's hope it works out, because otherwise I'm going to have to pull everyone and raise them in a brooder -_-. I need both groups raised together! I'm hoping the incubator chicks hatch a little early since they'll be cochins...but then again if the broody ones hatch early too then it doesn't matter . As long as everyone gets along it should be fine. If they don't get the one on one lessons I'm sure they'll learn through imitation.

my biggest concern is mama killing the new ones. That is why you need to supervise

 

[This_chicks_place]

The newest blue Sumatra broody introduced her 3 lil ones to the world today.



that makes 5 Sumatra's broody with lil ones so far. It may have started slow.....

Sweet!

 

[This_chicks_place]

Got home from work today and not only was all well, the two hens were out of the nest boxes and camped out next to each other on the coop floor, chicks under each of them. Not only that, the chicks were all clustered around and were using the nipple waterer I set down low to the floor - awesome! The mommas are almost the same color, still wondering how they figure out which mama to dive under.

Bad news, another NN is now camped out in the nest box looking like she wants to go broody. I'm kicking her out tonight - I don't need more chicks!!

Nature is so awesome!

 

[This_chicks_place]

Peeper number 2 arrived today and another is peeping in her shell. That will make 3 so far!

 

[bobbieschicks]

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that is all GOOD news

xs2!