She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[WVduckchick]

Had to go back and find your post cause it ate my quote for you! They don't get real large. 3 1/2 lbs quoted for hens 4 1/2 for roos. They are light. Don't like confinement. My pair (Elvis and Priscilla) are part of teh Easter hatch this year. Prissy likes to fly out of the run with Raven, but Elvis stays were he's supposed to...lol At first they were both skittish....then I started treating by hand and Prissy is right up on you and she will take food from your mouth if she gets a chance...lol

As long as she doesn't decide to poke you in the eye...

Too many breeds, not enough space! I think I would like to have some of those though...

I'm heading out this evening to go see my son's official swearing-in ceremony! He's a fireman, but they only do the ceremony every so often, so he finally gets to be official. I'm so proud of him, I just had to share..

 

[lazy gardener]

Well???? Do you not have an answer for your true intent at the time that you hefted the mis placed broody?????

 

[lazy gardener]

Well??? Do you not have an answer regarding your intent at the time you hefted the mis-placed broody?????

 

[lazy gardener]

Well???? Do you not have an answer for your intent at the time you hefted the misplaced broody???

 

[sideWing]

As long as she doesn't decide to poke you in the eye...

Too many breeds, not enough space! I think I would like to have some of those though...

I'm heading out this evening to go see my son's official swearing-in ceremony! He's a fireman, but they only do the ceremony every so often, so he finally gets to be official. I'm so proud of him, I just had to share..

That's awesome WV, congrats! Always good when the kids make you proud. And a fireman

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Well???? Do you not have an answer for your true intent at the time that you hefted the mis placed broody?????

 

[lazy gardener]

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[FridayYet]

Looking a little purple, my friend ...

Purple is the best!

As long as she doesn't decide to poke you in the eye...

Too many breeds, not enough space! I think I would like to have some of those though...

I'm heading out this evening to go see my son's official swearing-in ceremony! He's a fireman, but they only do the ceremony every so often, so he finally gets to be official. I'm so proud of him, I just had to share..

That's awesome! Have fun at the ceremony.

 

[sideWing]

Looking a little purple, my friend ...

Honestly I was worried she would set on the right ones the next day and then I would be like "are they dead or alive?" since it's 45 degrees here at night. I did it for myself. Really I did. I'm innocent!

 

[RubyNala97]

Sorry about this long quote. I had the chance to catch up or sleep, so I choose the latter. I needed it! Dr found nothing wrong with my 9 year old...? Virus maybe.

My policy with roos is that I take a hands off policy just as soon as I figure out that they are male.  From that time on, they are taught to stay arms length away from me.  However, one of my little broody hatched guys is a hot ticket.  He declared himself very early, and started biting me when I touched his siblings or his Mama.  (at 3 weeks of age!)  He's so stinking cute.  I snatched him up and started dominance training right away, and he's not tried that stunt again.  He bears watching.  He may actually be a replacement for Jack down the road, b/c he was easily broken from that habit, and he's a smart little stinker.  I use a little fiberglass pole and herd the roos/cockrels around with it.  If they are food aggressive, I'll hold them off from the feed and not let them eat until the hens are done.  Same with any behavior that needs to be curbed.  A light tap with the pole, and they know what behavior is being corrected.  All I have to do is tell Jack, "OUT!" when he's being a pita in the coop, and he'll leave.  Same when he's running down a hen... I put my hand up, and say NO!, and he'll immediately change his plans.  They're smarter than we give them credit for.

That's great!! I'm going to have to try that! I'm not very alpha though. My pets know it, my kids know it...I'll have generate some feminine alpha energy before going out to the coop/run!

Sounds like a uti. Cockerel possible saw a freckle.

I don't know?

Maybe the pattern on my shoes??

Ok, so my banty sat on the eggs all night and was on  there when I checked this morning. I just went back out to check on things and Raven is sitting on the eggs acting all broody and hissing and Chibi was with the rest. I took Raven off, took her egg out and put Chibi back  on the nest and she walked away. Don't know if it was because Raven was still in there or what. So should I leave Raven on the nest, or should I set up the kennel and put Chibi and the eggs back in?

Here we go!...this is why you didn't want a broody!

I'm totally serious, and I'm going to give you the scflock/blue solution. You weren't ready for more chicks, and it sounds like you really don't care if they brood or not. Leave the eggs, let them settle it amongst themselves. If they hatch, great, if not, you didn't really want them anyway. Let them get a little practice now, and when they start sitting next spring they will probably do  better job. Either that, or break them

I agree! See how it plays out.

@RubyNala97 what color silkies do you have??

@meganhundley will your silkies be laying my march?? If so, what colors do you have?

I added it to the list. This year I have a white roo over white, black, buff, and paint hens. I'm going to work toward a paint program. So next year I'll eliminate buff. But I'd like to see what hatches this year. I will also have another cockerel by spring but I don't know what color. It depends on my next couple of hatches.

I've never fostered chicks to a broody before.  sometimes, a broody will reject a particular chick for no particular reason that WE can figure out.  Could be color related, or maybe she perceived that there was something "wrong" with the chick.  I think a broody that did that would be not allowed to brood again in my flock.  I had a broody who had only been setting on golf balls for about a week.  I had chicks due in the bator, so I moved her to a separate coop, and slipped 4 eggs under her that night.  The eggs were already in process of pipping.  She had one hatchling in the morning, and an other one in process.  Several hours later, I went out to check on her and found her nonchalantly off the nest, one baby chilled and on it's back screaming, and the second pipped egg mostly stripped of shell, but membrane still intact.  I brought all 4 in and stuck them back in the bator.  Evidently, she was more in love with the concept of brooding golf balls than taking care of noisy chicks.  I cut her some slack, since I had done everything wrong in terms of fostering chicks to a broody.  The ideal would be to have the broody sitting in a secure place for very close to 21 days before doing the switch.  I think an inexperienced broody gets scared when silent eggs suddenly become noisy chicks.  I think she may perceive the noisy chick as a threat to her nice quiet little eggy nest.  Where if she has been brooding eggs, she hears them peeping in the shell and bonds to their sounds before they actually appear.  

So similar to pregnancy. Bonding and feeling the baby move. Nature is such a miracle in itself!!

Got my silkie eggs today.  Will set at midnight tonight.  I like setting the silkie eggs late at night.  I can expect them to pip the night before, if not, I know something is up, and I can candle to make sure things are looking good.   Or not.  :/

Good luck!! I always set at night, between 9-11pm. That way I wake up with pips in the morning of day 20.

As long as she doesn't decide to poke you in the eye... 

Too many breeds, not enough space!  I think I would like to have some of those though...

I'm heading out this evening to go see my son's official swearing-in ceremony!  He's a fireman, but they only do the ceremony every so often, so he finally gets to be official.  I'm so proud of him, I just had to share.. 

That's great! Congrats!! I like firemen!!

 

[mixedUPturk]

Honestly I was worried she would set on the right ones the next day and then I would be like "are they dead or alive?" since it's 45 degrees here at night. I did it for myself. Really I did. I'm innocent! 

Sounds Innocent..