It's been forever since I've been able to post anything on BYC. I missed it here. I hope I'm posting in the right thread...
I set a bunch of eggs in my bator on 7/25. Less than a week later, my SIL gave me a broody hen, and the pile of eggs she was sitting on. i'm guessing they were laid with in a few days of each other. yesterday, I saw a tiny chick dart underneath her. (I was so excited! she has 3 as I type with a few more eggs underneath her)
this morning, i have many pips in the bator. My question is when the babies come out of the bator, is it ok if I put the bator babies under the broody...They are going to be a day or 2 apart. will she take them? or should i just heat up the old rubber maid tote brooder. I've had a broody before, but the eggs disappeared before they hatched. I never found the eggs either.
my broody (Devil Hen) is in her own hutch, because I read that the other chickens will pick on the babies.
I named her Devil hen because she hates me. She screams at me when I talk to her, and growls at me when I look at her, and if looks could kill... Yesterday she tried to remove my arm at the elbow and today she bit me really hard. I know she is just being protective. My SIL had no idea what she is, so i'm fixing to post a pic in the breeds thread.
thanks for your help all
I set a bunch of eggs in my bator on 7/25. Less than a week later, my SIL gave me a broody hen, and the pile of eggs she was sitting on. i'm guessing they were laid with in a few days of each other. yesterday, I saw a tiny chick dart underneath her. (I was so excited! she has 3 as I type with a few more eggs underneath her)
this morning, i have many pips in the bator. My question is when the babies come out of the bator, is it ok if I put the bator babies under the broody...They are going to be a day or 2 apart. will she take them? or should i just heat up the old rubber maid tote brooder. I've had a broody before, but the eggs disappeared before they hatched. I never found the eggs either.
my broody (Devil Hen) is in her own hutch, because I read that the other chickens will pick on the babies.
I named her Devil hen because she hates me. She screams at me when I talk to her, and growls at me when I look at her, and if looks could kill... Yesterday she tried to remove my arm at the elbow and today she bit me really hard. I know she is just being protective. My SIL had no idea what she is, so i'm fixing to post a pic in the breeds thread.
thanks for your help all
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