Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Johnn]

I'm not really sure. They just look to be really red... maybe she has a bad rash between her toes? If she has an injury, her foot/leg will probably be hot compared to the other one unless they're both like that, and you need to find the cause. If its a rash, maybe cleaning them really well and then put some vaseline on them to protect them from the mud? Like I said, I really don't know, and it may be nothing more than cold, wet feet but I was just a bit concerned when I saw them as the cockerels feet are not like that. I can only see the mama's right foot and its red too. If its just something peculiar to orpingtons, that may be all it is but I didn't want to say something and then read later about some foot problem you found and wish you'd found earlier.

i will see what they are like tomorrow, i will check my other orpington to if its all 3 and not other hens i think i will just take it as an orpington thing.

 

[Johnn]

meby just something like this? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/486168/buff-orpington-has-red-legs-and-feet, im really not too sure, im going to check on a nice day because if its on a rainy day it could just be red from cold, im trying to resolve my mus problem but there is just so much of it it is hard to keep on top of and english weather dosen't really help, i hope she/he is ok!

 

[Johnn]

you can also see on the pic of the chicks eating a wooden board covered in mud, that was put down a week and a half ago and look at it now, its ridiculous, but im getting loads of wooden boards to put on the bad parts

 

[Lacy Blues]

Yes, they do have a red tinge to them and I'm thinking its probably just cold, but wanted you to be sure.

 

[artsyrobin]

man now i have a dilemma!! Joe's girl Josie (seramas)has gone broody, i have some serama eggs in the bator... so do i shift them over to her....???? she seems to have chronic broody syndrom! if i do, then it means poor joe will be by himself again, sigh... poor guy, he can't sneeze without her going broody! but i sure dont want to risk those eggs, thoughts guys??? the funny thing is she started staring at my brinsea like, I CAN DO IT BETTER!!

 

[artsyrobin]

and olivia and the babies are with the flock now...she is handling raising them different- she hasn't let them out of the run at all, and keeps a tight watch, last time she was always losing them- so i guess she has learned... the white one almost looks like a rumpless, but has tiny feathers

 

[Johnn]

heres the other hen with her chicks, all of them are fine now including the 4 left with her, i think they are abit inbred :/

 

[bobbieschicks]

and olivia and the babies are with the flock now...she is handling raising them different- she hasn't let them out of the run at all, and keeps a tight watch, last time she was always losing them- so i guess she has learned... the white one almost looks like a rumpless, but has tiny feathers

Awh - adorable.

 

[Miss Lydia]

and olivia and the babies are with the flock now...she is handling raising them different- she hasn't let them out of the run at all, and keeps a tight watch, last time she was always losing them- so i guess she has learned... the white one almost looks like a rumpless, but has tiny feathers

I love that pic, look at the white ones face how adorable. gotta be a girl

Robin saw the article in Back Yard Poultry mag. awesome... If i was close I'd get you to autograph. What do you think Joe will do to the eggs, can she not sit on them with him there just till before hatch day then move him or her out?

 

[Johnn]

my ex batt babs started beating the orpington chick in so mama stepped in and left the ex batt like this, i felt so sorry for babs but she was mean to the chick!!