Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

see the extra feet under mama hen?
the new mama has 4 fuzzy butts

Sweet pics stony, you did better than me, but i had a good excuse, my dad had surgery, so I'll try tomorrow.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am SO thoroughly enjoying my first broody, Onyx, and her babies. The babies are fearless around the rest of the flock. Onyx is such a good mama. Here are some photos I took yesterday:

"Hey Mom! How about a piggy-back ride?!"




"Me, too!"




"Good grief! They think I'm either a set of monkey bars or a trampoline!"



"There are seven of us are under here warming up!"

Those pics are so awesome, aren't mama so tolerant of their little ones.

 

[stonykill]

Sweet pics stony, you did better than me, but i had a good excuse, my dad had surgery, so I'll try tomorrow.

best excuse. I hope he is doing well

 

[JakRat]

I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!! This is so amazing, I cant wait to see this little one. I dont know if I should call it "Ness" ( Miracle in Hebrew) or Blanket lol

 

[myby]

Congrats JacRat, so excited and waiting for pictures.

 

[Backwoodsnanny]

I dont know about your broody but I recently had two broody silkies one went broody about 3 days before the other but they decided to brood together and together they had 19 eggs have no idea how they decided who had which eggs but anyway I knew when each went broody I found 5 eggs sort of pushed to the front of the little house on day 16 so removed them Day 21 8 babies hatched under broody one but both broodies stayed sitting 2 under one chicks under the oher. on day 19 one egg was pushed out into their run but I couldnt get to it without disturbing them so left it there on day 22 3 more eggs looked to have been pushed out to the front of the house so I took them but wish I hadnt now. on day 23 broody 1 hatched the last 2 eggs under her and broody 2 hatched the egg that had been out in the pen. I know its not ideal for hens to sit togehter but they did and hatched 11 of 19 eggs and I think they would have hatched more if I hadnt intervened Next time mama knows best.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

Sweet pics stony, you did better than me, but i had a good excuse, my dad had surgery, so I'll try tomorrow.

Hope your dad came through it with flying colours and recovers quickly, Miss Lydia!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hope your dad came through it with flying colours and recovers quickly, Miss Lydia!

Thanks BG he is doing real good. Now to get some pics of my new chicks. or mama new chicks.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I dont know about your broody but I recently had two broody silkies one went broody about 3 days before the other but they decided to brood together and together they had 19 eggs have no idea how they decided who had which eggs but anyway I knew when each went broody I found 5 eggs sort of pushed to the front of the little house on day 16 so removed them Day 21 8 babies hatched under broody one but both broodies stayed sitting 2 under one chicks under the oher. on day 19 one egg was pushed out into their run but I couldnt get to it without disturbing them so left it there on day 22 3 more eggs looked to have been pushed out to the front of the house so I took them but wish I hadnt now. on day 23 broody 1 hatched the last 2 eggs under her and broody 2 hatched the egg that had been out in the pen. I know its not ideal for hens to sit togehter but they did and hatched 11 of 19 eggs and I think they would have hatched more if I hadnt intervened Next time mama knows best.

Well sometimes mamas know more than us, well most of the time, my lil bantam has one egg left under her and when I went to check this morning it was laying out from under her cold, so I think she knows it's not going to hatch and placed it there. I'll leave it for the rest of the day and see what happens. BUT CONGRATS on such a great hatch, please post pics...

 

[Johnn]

Well it's day 20, will Melows eggs hatch tomorrow or not? doubt they will