Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[annabell254]

 

[prairie]

Echip, that is so funny!! Stink eye times three!!! I love the little ones -- speckles and chipmunk. Always loved black and white chickens. I have a Silver Lace Wyandotte / Polish who is gorgeous black and white. Must get some pics sometime!


"Stink eye times three. And yes, Speckles appears to me a little roo, maybe Chipmunk too. Stony might say that this shows Goldie is a good mama, and if they all free ranged anywhere but our backyard they would have good instincts."

 

[Katiesduckies]

Katie's duckies, that is an adorable broody and what a stink eye. There was once a contest on BYC about stink eye photos. Love the name Butter!

A Tale of Two Broodies' Mothering Patterns

8 weeks ago my Buff Orpington Goldie hatched out two bantam chicks. When those babies hatched she continued to give stink eye and taught her babies to cower in fear of anything (me) who dared approach them with food and treats. Now I get stink eye in triplicate from Goldie and her two big chicks.



Stink eye times three. And yes, Speckles appears to me a little roo, maybe Chipmunk too. Stony might say that this shows Goldie is a good mama, and if they all free ranged anywhere but our backyard they would have good instincts.

Then there is Henrietta, who hatched out 8 babies about 16 days ago. Henrietta and her chicks come running TOWARDS me, cheeping with joy, every time I come near them. Both Goldie's chicks and Henrietta's chicks hatched from the same gene pool of eggs from a friend's farm, so it is only the mothering style that makes the difference. It is a lot more fun for me to play with Henrietta's chicks, of course. Here they are settling down for the night last night.


Notice the amost smiling sweet look Henrietta and all her babies have? The opposite of a stink eye. That is Lucky in front, the black chick with orange toes. Miss Lydia is the chick on Henrietta's right, under her wing. Blackberry and June are underneath her somewhere. Pippi (first to pip) is way out front showing off her beautiful wing feathers.

That's not my chicken!! hehe that's actually MamaManda's chicken I just quoted her so people know what I'm talking about

 

[stonykill]

Katie's duckies, that is an adorable broody and what a stink eye. There was once a contest on BYC about stink eye photos. Love the name Butter!

A Tale of Two Broodies' Mothering Patterns

8 weeks ago my Buff Orpington Goldie hatched out two bantam chicks. When those babies hatched she continued to give stink eye and taught her babies to cower in fear of anything (me) who dared approach them with food and treats. Now I get stink eye in triplicate from Goldie and her two big chicks.



Stink eye times three. And yes, Speckles appears to me a little roo, maybe Chipmunk too. Stony might say that this shows Goldie is a good mama, and if they all free ranged anywhere but our backyard they would have good instincts.

Then there is Henrietta, who hatched out 8 babies about 16 days ago. Henrietta and her chicks come running TOWARDS me, cheeping with joy, every time I come near them. Both Goldie's chicks and Henrietta's chicks hatched from the same gene pool of eggs from a friend's farm, so it is only the mothering style that makes the difference. It is a lot more fun for me to play with Henrietta's chicks, of course. Here they are settling down for the night last night.


Notice the amost smiling sweet look Henrietta and all her babies have? The opposite of a stink eye. That is Lucky in front, the black chick with orange toes. Miss Lydia is the chick on Henrietta's right, under her wing. Blackberry and June are underneath her somewhere. Pippi (first to pip) is way out front showing off her beautiful wing feathers.

beautiful. And yes, sounds like a good mama!

 

[bobbieschicks]

Katie's duckies, that is an adorable broody and what a stink eye.  There was once a contest on BYC about stink eye photos.  Love the name Butter!

A Tale of Two Broodies' Mothering Patterns

8 weeks ago my Buff Orpington Goldie hatched out two bantam chicks.  When those babies hatched she continued to give stink eye and taught her babies to cower in fear of anything (me) who dared approach them with food and treats.  Now I get stink eye in triplicate from Goldie and her two big chicks.



Stink eye times three.  And yes, Speckles appears to me a little roo, maybe Chipmunk too.  Stony might say that this shows Goldie is a good mama, and if they all free ranged anywhere but our backyard they would have good instincts.

Then there is Henrietta, who hatched out 8 babies about 16 days ago.  Henrietta and her chicks come running TOWARDS me, cheeping with joy, every time I come near them.  Both Goldie's chicks and Henrietta's chicks hatched from the same gene pool of eggs from a friend's farm, so it is only the mothering style that makes the difference.  It is a lot more fun for me to play with Henrietta's chicks, of course.  Here they are settling down for the night last night.


Notice the amost smiling sweet look Henrietta and all her babies have?  The opposite of a stink eye.  That is Lucky in front, the black chick with orange toes.  Miss Lydia is the chick on Henrietta's right, under her wing.  Blackberry and June are underneath her somewhere.  Pippi (first to pip) is way out front showing off her beautiful wing feathers.

Awh so cute! And yes momma makes the difference. Topsy chicks are sweet and approachable. Smokey chicks are skittish and distant. The good news is one day they will all come for treats and I can hold them then.

 

[Johnn]

Heres my BO today:

Melow who decided she was not coming back for a hour:

 

[Katiesduckies]

Heres my BO today:

Melow who decided she was not coming back for a hour:

Mine are EXACTLY the same!! I'll post pictures tonight!! well actually soon!! You will definantly laugh! I hope I can get pictures of them they wander quite a ways away!
LOOK!! ^^ They are off for a stroll in the "park"

 

[Johnn]

Haha! can't wait to see them, The orpington is really good but Melow iv'e never had such a useless broody hen!, she must just expect the eggs to keep them self warm!, she'll get off the nest eat, then thats the last you will see of her for a hour untill she comes trotting back!, i had to catch her to put her back on her nest because the eggs were getting to cold!

 

[bobbieschicks]

Haha! can't wait to see them, The orpington is really good but Melow iv'e never had such a useless broody hen!, she must just expect the eggs to keep them self warm!, she'll get off the nest eat, then thats the last you will see of her for a hour untill she comes trotting back!, i had to catch her to put her back on her nest because the eggs were getting to cold!

What you're expecting your broody to actually sit on the eggs? Lol
Smokey used to do the same thing but in the winter! I'm not surprised she only hatched 3 of the 8 she had under her.

 

[Johnn]

I also won't be that upset if Melows eggs dont hatch because the chicks will most likleys die, I can imagine Melow taking her chicks into the feild then coming back with none!