Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

Heres my chicks, theyv'e grown so much, the black chick has bald patches :/, They take the chicks so far now right up to the top gate!





I dont think it realised it was the wrong mother!:

when it found its real mam:
 
Hi everyone!

Well some of you may know I got ducks a while back as ducklings. Well now they dont miss a day of laying and have a huge perfect nest under their house covered up with straw so I cant find them. But I would like to know. How do you know if a duck is going broody? The reason I ask if my Cayuga Lilly was walking around fluffed up doing a loud under quack but soon stopped when I cleaned their pool out.

Could that be her "broody cluck?" Also how long if she does go broody should I wait to see if shes dedicated?
Hey Tripp, so you have 2 girls, and congrats on the eggs, when my girls are broody they walk around looking like Sumo wrestlers all puffed up and squeak at everyone and everything. Once they feel they have enough eggs you'll start noticing feathers inside the nest, thats usually a pretty good sign they are serious.
 
just been my experience. Not always but many times my chicks who have the bald spots are roo's. A rooster puts it's nutrition towards body size before feathers. It isn't a 100% way to tell, but a good sign it maybe a rooster
Interesting, now I have to go outside and see if i have any chicks with bald spots. LOL
 
just been my experience. Not always but many times my chicks who have the bald spots are roo's. A rooster puts it's nutrition towards body size before feathers. It isn't a 100% way to tell, but a good sign it maybe a rooster
Oh, I don't mind it being a boy aslong as the other chicks is female....
 
It worked well on one i have, does the same for meat birds though. :p
meat birds are just freaks of nature
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they grow so fast the feathers can't keep up.
 

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