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stake said:
Fisher:

Your girls are amazing....one after the other out does other on the broody thing...do you think its learned or genetics ???
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Thanks, I have it is some of each, actually...each hen is very different on how they handle the chicks as they age and the fact that the flock is very chick friendly allows them a lot of leeway for teaching. Janeway ranks as one of our best broodies though for sure, her chicks are very well adapted to regular flock life by 3 weeks and experts at 6 weeks, LOL...and she will adopt anything that cheeps!
 
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I know where Janeway's coming from! I'm so peep-crazy I'm starting to wonder if I've gone broody myself :drool all those cute babies at the TSC... The cashiers probably think I'm nuts.
 
LeBlackbird said:
Oh dear :love
I totally understand!!! I went from 3 to over 30 in a matter of months, some of those are meaties and some will be culls so we'll see what I end up with by fall! It's crazy how it just happens :lol:
Btw, PSA: TSC in Boyertown PA cannot get rid of their silkies, they're selling them now for 50 cents. Birds are 2-4 weeks old
Hang in there! My favorite years were 8th and freshman highschool! Math never goes away unfortunately, pay attention because the teachers in highschool are going to help you out a lot more than your college professors so it helps to be as good as possible
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I wish I paid better attention in math, now I'm trying to graduate college and I can't pass a basic statistics course TT_TT
 
LeBlackbird said:
Oh dear :love
I totally understand!!! I went from 3 to over 30 in a matter of months, some of those are meaties and some will be culls so we'll see what I end up with by fall! It's crazy how it just happens :lol:
Btw, PSA: TSC in Boyertown PA cannot get rid of their silkies, they're selling them now for 50 cents. Birds are 2-4 weeks old
Hang in there! My favorite years were 8th and freshman highschool! Math never goes away unfortunately, pay attention because the teachers in highschool are going to help you out a lot more than your college professors so it helps to be as good as possible
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Aw poo! If only I had the room, I old make the drive and have myself some baby silkies! On the wish list for later...;)

Redwolf141 said:
Well I went and did now there are 8 chicks in the brooder instead of 6, I got the 2 Speckled sussex chicks today. When I started thinking on getting chicks I only want 2 or 3 then it went 6 and now I am at 8. How does,this,happen......lol.
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Chicken math, it bites you in the butt every time...

Roada Red said:
Ya cause I am still doing common core math I hate math i wish I didn't have to do it but I will be doing it for a few more years even though I am only in 7th grade school takes forever
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It gets better! I didn't like school much at all. I love learning now, but couldn't stand the schools I went too. I'm still so grateful to be done with school and so is my hubby. Just make sure you get your diploma. Life gets better!

fisherlady said:
Thanks, I have it is some of each, actually...each hen is very different on how they handle the chicks as they age and the fact that the flock is very chick friendly allows them a lot of leeway for teaching. Janeway ranks as one of our best broodies though for sure, her chicks are very well adapted to regular flock life by 3 weeks and experts at 6 weeks, LOL...and she will adopt anything that cheeps!
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Your broodies are amazing! I know my little poult isn't even from up, but spring fever has got me and I'm wishing one of my other girls will go broody soon. They are pretty reliable, shouldn't be long now... :lol: Then I can bother the poultry pusher... :oops:
 
Redwolf141 said:

hope this,shot shows,it a,little better looks,like a,single to me
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still looks single, looks a little wide in the back (hiding under the fluff). Keep us updated
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I think one of my CCL's is going broody. So far, none of my Marans have gone broody, even though 4 are now 2 years old. I guess they don't all read the breed descriptions about how they are supposed to act.
 
dheltzel said:
I think one of my CCL's is going broody. So far, none of my Marans have gone broody, even though 4 are now 2 years old. I guess they don't all read the breed descriptions about how they are supposed to act.
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They certainly don't follow the rules! That is what keeps them so interesting... 2 years ago a friend had us broody hatch a dozen white leghorns for him... last year one of those hens went broody and successfully hatched and raised her chicks in a free ranging environment. So was she a genetic oddity or was it because being raised by a broody and spending her first 12 weeks in a broody prominent flock caused an imprint in her little brain? I am hoping she broods for him again this year...he enjoyed watching her and she was the only broody he's had so far.
 
fisherlady said:
They certainly don't follow the rules! That is what keeps them so interesting... 2 years ago a friend had us broody hatch a dozen white leghorns for him... last year one of those hens went broody and successfully hatched and raised her chicks in a free ranging environment. So was she a genetic oddity or was it because being raised by a broody and spending her first 12 weeks in a broody prominent flock caused an imprint in her little brain? I am hoping she broods for him again this year...he enjoyed watching her and she was the only broody he's had so far.
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Wow! A broody leghorn? That's impressive! One of my girls has the instinct somewhere deep inside her, but I don't think it will ever develop. If I show her a few eggs on the ground, she will make soft cooing noises and try to tuck them under her, but that's as far as she goes. She's a hatchery BR and she's my favorite! Hennifer Lopez. :D
 

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