Ribh's D'Coopage

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Normally I try to break them. They go in the small coop without any eggs & are usually done in 3 days. I am considering fertile eggs if my older girls decide to sit this year. My Wyandotte bantams were chronic last year but they are 2~3 yrs old this year & determined so if they go I will try for eggs.

Ceres went ferile before they got locked in their run & had 6 eggs in a hidden nest & had set before I found her. She is 1 of my younger hens & I'd prefer the younger ones not sit.

It's so hard to know what to do with serial broodies. On the one hand I admire their determination, but on the other hand they drive me crazy!

 

[Ribh]

It's so hard to know what to do with serial broodies. On the one hand I admire their determination, but on the other hand they drive me crazy!

I totally get it. I just about went demented last year. My Wyndotte bantams were constantly broody & setting off others in my tribe. I don't have a rooster & no easy access to eggs so this was not great news. This year I have somewhere I may be able to get fertile eggs from so if I have older hens decide they want to brood I may give them a go.

 

[Ribh]

Calling experienced Brooders: @BY Bob, @CrazyChookChookLady , @Shadrach [if you're round], @Blazinga ? @micstrachan @ChicoryBlue ?

I have 2 issues I am trying to resolve.

• Getting my hands on more Campines
• & dealing with this year's inevitable broodies.

After a lot of hunting round I have found a breeder who does both Campine & Aracauna eggs. She is about 2 hours away from me & prefers not to ship her eggs so I would have to go pick them up.

I've never done this before so need my older bantams [who are most likely to go broody on me] to be ready before I line up eggs. However I have questions...
I have a lot of hens & last year they went berko @ the broodies ~ understandably in my opinion ~ so I would prefer any broodies brood in the small coop.

• Once I'm sure I have a broody would it be possible to move her onto a nest in the small coop?
• I think I have to get a dozen eggs [I'm thinking 6 of both Campines & Aracaunas] These are medium sized eggs so how many can I reasonably expect a Wyandotte bantam to cover without too much stress?
• Am I insane to even try this?
• What do I need to know that hasn't even occured to me?

 

[drstratton]

Calling experienced Brooders: @BY Bob, @CrazyChookChookLady , @Shadrach [if you're round], @Blazinga ? @micstrachan @ChicoryBlue ?

I have 2 issues I am trying to resolve.

• Getting my hands on more Campines
• & dealing with this year's inevitable broodies.

After a lot of hunting round I have found a breeder who does both Campine & Aracauna eggs. She is about 2 hours away from me & prefers not to ship her eggs so I would have to go pick them up.

I've never done this before so need my older bantams [who are most likely to go broody on me] to be ready before I line up eggs. However I have questions...
I have a lot of hens & last year they went berko @ the broodies ~ understandably in my opinion ~ so I would prefer any broodies brood in the small coop.

• Once I'm sure I have a broody would it be possible to move her onto a nest in the small coop?
• I think I have to get a dozen eggs [I'm thinking 6 of both Campines & Aracaunas] These are medium sized eggs so how many can I reasonably expect a Wyandotte bantam to cover without too much stress?
• Am I insane to even try this?
• What do I need to know that hasn't even occured to me?

When we had our Banty's we had a few girls disappear and then reappear with a batch of chicks. If I remember correctly one of them had 10 chicks with her. So they can sit on & hatch quite a few. Mine were totally free ranged at that time. I never tried to move a broody, but I think you should be able too, especially if you can close them up in the small coop area. Hopefully someone will chime in with more knowledge on it than I have. This will be so much fun!

 

[Ribh]

When we had our Banty's we had a few girls disappear and then reappear with a batch of chicks. If I remember correctly one of them had 10 chicks with her. So they can sit on & hatch quite a few. Mine were totally free ranged at that time. I never tried to move a broody, but I think you should be able too, especially if you can close them up in the small coop area. Hopefully someone will chime in with more knowledge on it than I have. This will be so much fun!

Thank you for chiming in. I'd forgotten you raised banties. I've had one go feral on me but as her eggs were infertile, when I found her nest I destroyed it & moved her back into the coop. She had 6 banty eggs under her but as she'd only just started laying I thought she was hugely ambitious!

 

[drstratton]

Thank you for chiming in. I'd forgotten you raised banties. I've had one go feral on me but as her eggs were infertile, when I found her nest I destroyed it & moved her back into the coop. She had 6 banty eggs under her but as she'd only just started laying I thought she was hugely ambitious!

Hopefully you will have at least two, but maybe preferably 3 go broody at the same time. But I think 2 would be sufficient for 12 eggs. If you have a 3rd go broody soon after your girls are sitting, you should be able to move some eggs under her too.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

@ACM: Have you started putting things back in the kitchen yet?

We got to use the kitchen for the first time this afternoon!

There are still 3 doors to be installed and shelves to put up but we can use it!

We started packing things back in cupboards. There are lots of boxes to sort through so it may be a few days before I can get my little teapots and tea pet set up. Hopefully it will be in time for Coffee Klatch Wednesday.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

Titania.
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She is so pretty

 

[Ribh]

We got to use the kitchen for the first time this afternoon!

There are still 3 doors to be installed and shelves to put up but we can use it!

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We started packing things back in cupboards. There are lots of boxes to sort through so it may be a few days before I can get my little teapots and tea pet set up. Hopefully it will be in time for Coffee Klatch Wednesday.

I love your tap & the stickers on the windows.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks