Pics of broody moms co-parenting

[BDutch]

My chickens co-brood every time I give them hatchery eggs. Often one starts to brood and after a few day another hen joins. Sometime they even want to sit with 3 or mother with 3 after the chicks hatched.

These two sit on 6 eggs now.

Last year , I had 3 broodies on 2 nests (11 eggs) in the hatching proces.

A week later

 

[Lillith37]

My chickens co-brood every time I give them hatchery eggs. Often one starts to brood and after a few day another hen joins. Sometime they even want to sit with 3 or mother with 3 after the chicks hatched.

These two sit on 6 eggs now.
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Last year , I had 3 broodies on 2 nests (11 eggs) in the hatching proces.
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A week later
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Oh my gawd that last picture

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Silkies, Phoenix and Cornish bantams are my typical co-nesters. A good portion of my broodies have shared a nest at one point or another though

 

[fluffycrow]

They are the best moms EVER! ❤

Oh my! What an honour! Hopefully Cruella's adoptive and biological kids, as well as Ursula's adoptive kids follow in their footsteps!

 

[wrathsfarm]

Oh my gosh the pic of the chick riding on her mom's back is SO CUTE!
I had a chick do that once!

What breed is the baby? Very cute. The yellow comb/wattles just pop right out at ya..

 

[wrathsfarm]

Amazing pics everyone, thanks for sharing.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

What breed is the baby? Very cute. The yellow comb/wattles just pop right out at ya..

She is a pure Sapphire gem, and her name is Opal.

 

[Dragon Slayer Trinket]

I have had two broodies share a box, but I considered it less of a co-brood and more of a fight over who got to be mom that time around. The ladies weren't very civilized.

 

[maryleo9]

I didn't have them hatch eggs together but my girls Featherfoot and Griffin raised some adopted feed store chicks together. Sadly a couple months in my family and I went to work out in the woods while the mamas and babies foraged in a well foliaged area which they did all the time. When we got back one baby was crying and Griffin was missing. We figured with the personalities of each hen that a predator likely attacked and Griffin fought and was taken while Featherfoot hid all the babies beneath her. Prior to that we'd had several batches of babies raised free-ranging all day but after that they got confined to the run with everybody else.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I didn't have them hatch eggs together but my girls Featherfoot and Griffin raised some adopted feed store chicks together. Sadly a couple months in my family and I went to work out in the woods while the mamas and babies foraged in a well foliaged area which they did all the time. When we got back one baby was crying and Griffin was missing. We figured with the personalities of each hen that a predator likely attacked and Griffin fought and was taken while Featherfoot hid all the babies beneath her. Prior to that we'd had several batches of babies raised free-ranging all day but after that they got confined to the run with everybody else.

oh no I'm so sorry! Do you think that I can just give a random hen that has been broody before some chicks? Will that work?