Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Achickenwrangler#1]

Wow is she pretty!!! What a group a chicks! Very nice, I see the straggler there...so does she.

 

[bobbieschicks]

Been so hot here lately I'm discouraging all broody looking girls! 105F with humidity! Gotta love Virginia summers.

 

[stonykill]

Wow is she pretty!!! What a group a chicks! Very nice, I see the straggler there...so does she.

there is always 1 troublemaker in every brood. Always

Thanks! Mama is a really pretty hen. One of her daughters is her twin.

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

I'm wondering how much they even need a broody with this weather! Did you get any of that storm that blew through Friday night and took out most of WV power lines?

 

[SilkiesForEver]

I went out to the coop this morning while mama was out eating and I listened to the eggs, I heard some movement in two!!

They are due either tomorrow or the next day........can't really remember when she started sitting.......

I'll keep you posted.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I went out to the coop this morning while mama was out eating and I listened to the eggs, I heard some movement in two!!

They are due either tomorrow or the next day........can't really remember when she started sitting.......

I'll keep you posted.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm wondering how much they even need a broody with this weather! Did you get any of that storm that blew through Friday night and took out most of WV power lines?

How did you manage to miss out on all the storms A? or did you ? I know we are having temps into the mid 90's crazy for the mountains and I haven't seen one of my mamas having to sit and warm their tiny ones.

 

[jc12551]

Can you move said mama turkey and her chicks to a safe place away from BA ? I hope everyone gets everything straightened out and you have a smooth pregnancy from here on out. Keep us updated.

She is moved. I have a coop just for mama hens and their babies.

 

[bobbieschicks]

I'm wondering how much they even need a broody with this weather! Did you get any of that storm that blew through Friday night and took out most of WV power lines?

Oh yeah we had awful thunder storms Friday night. Lost power about 11pm got it back at 3:30pm on Saturday. We were so glad we bought a used generator in the winter. It worked great. I told my DH that I'm going to buy one of those window air conditioner units in case we have a repeat of this past weekend. It got up to 90F inside with the whole house fan on high before the power finally came back and AC started working. The it took all night to cool back down. Some nearby still don't hae power. My DHs office is still not up. We get up fast because we're near the Navy Base. There are some benefits to living here.

Thankfully we didn't personally have any tree damage, but lots of people in this area did. What about you?

 

[bobbieschicks]

How did you manage to miss out on all the storms A? or did you ?  I know we are having temps into the mid 90's crazy for the mountains and I haven't seen one of my mamas having to sit and warm their tiny ones. 

Is it at least dropping at night? I've noticed we're still holding in the 70s at night. Solve just left all their windows open all night long. They have 1/4" hardware cloth as screening.