Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Tripp16]

My hatchery BR broody was laying after 2 weeks. Completely abandoned her one and only chick by 3 weeks. Was even mean to it.

Well she has been a great mother up until now. The chicks just kind of follow her around and she tolerates them.

 

[Tripp16]

Heres Ms. Gracie at it again! She is even more protective now! She is now a professional mother!

Her eggs should hatch this weekend!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Heres Ms. Gracie at it again! She is even more protective now! She is now a professional mother!

Her eggs should hatch this weekend!!

Already????? how'd that happen?

 

[Tripp16]

Already????? how'd that happen?

My friend has a broody bantam hen with 11 eggs under her. She had been sitting for 2 weeks so my fried gave me 4 of her eggs. So they are due this weekend! That way Gracie can hatch chicks but it wont be when Im at the beach!

 

[heatherscreations1969]

We have babies!

Molly (our Silky) Hatched this little one this morning, still 5 eggs to go This one is a Lavender Araucana
Also our second broody Frizzle's two eggs stopped growing in the eggs, looks like at around week 2....
so we bought 4 little cuties to tuck under her tonight

3 day old Indian Runner Ducks!

 

[JakRat]

Not to push the subject, but I didnt get a response from my last post.

I am unsure if I should move my broodies inside or not when the time comes to hatch. They are in the upstairs part of the coop and I am worried about the babies falling down the ramp to get food, and I am also worried that the other girls who are still laying their eggs in that nest will squish them or something (even though I put out 2 other nests for them to lay in).

Whens the last possible moment for me to move them? Hatch day is Tuesday/Wednesday.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My friend has a broody bantam hen with 11 eggs under her. She had been sitting for 2 weeks so my fried gave me 4 of her eggs. So they are due this weekend! That way Gracie can hatch chicks but it wont be when Im at the beach!

Okay great idea. Hope the hatch goes real good. Any particular breed?

 

[Miss Lydia]

We have babies!

Molly (our Silky) Hatched this little one this morning, still 5 eggs to go This one is a Lavender Araucana
Also our second broody Frizzle's two eggs stopped growing in the eggs, looks like at around week 2....
so we bought 4 little cuties to tuck under her tonight

3 day old Indian Runner Ducks!

Precious, and boy is she going to be surprised.

 

[Silkie Chicken]

i have a silkie hen that has never been broody and she will lay a egg every other day and lay it in the nest box and then go out the hen house and does not sit on the egg is there any way i can make her broody

 

[BarnGoddess01]

Not to push the subject, but I didnt get a response from my last post.

I am unsure if I should move my broodies inside or not when the time comes to hatch. They are in the upstairs part of the coop and I am worried about the babies falling down the ramp to get food, and I am also worried that the other girls who are still laying their eggs in that nest will squish them or something (even though I put out 2 other nests for them to lay in).

Whens the last possible moment for me to move them? Hatch day is Tuesday/Wednesday.

Jak, sometimes folks just don't know what to advise.