Stubborn and broody......?

[Buffygirl]

In fact, now that I think about it......the yellow chick in my profile picture is the broody!

 

[Happy Chooks]

She's trying to tell you....................................................that you need more chickens.

 

[Araucana16]

She's trying to tell you....................................................that you need more chickens.

This does certainly seem to be the case.

Hey, try going on craigslist and searching "hatching eggs." More likely than not you will find at LEAST one selling eggs, hopefully less than $4 a dozen. If so, hopefully they are nearby. So take a drive down there, invest of probably 6-8 (and make sure that the eggs were in good condition and there is a good ratio of hens to roos so at least 4ish of them will be fertile) and stick them under Miss Maniac Mommy.

in 21 days, she'll have around 3 little baby chickens to tend to instead of bugging you And if you don't want em, get rid of them

If it were me, I wouldn't break the broody, I'd let her hatch them and sell the chicks. That's my plan, since of the 7 hens I'm getting this spring, all but two have broody tendencies. What have I gotten myself into?

 

[bluebirdnanny]

She's trying to tell you....................................................that you need more chickens.

:cd

I need more girls too! Only two hens and one rooster. Would be nice if one went broody but I don't think one hen would be enough left for him.

 

[Araucana16]

I need more girls too! Only two hens and one rooster. Would be nice if one went broody but I don't think one hen would be enough left for him.

And this is why completely junk incubators come in handy

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: I've only attempted to break 1 broody, because she was squishing chicks. She ended up sitting on nothing for most of the summer, because I refused to give her more eggs to squish. I tried giving her chicks to adopt and she wouldn't accept them. Thankfully, I had a Production Red that was broody at the same time, and she accepted them without issue. Then, when they were about 4-5 weeks old, the squishing broody decided she'd co-mother them after all.

Other than that, I let my broodies have babies. I love seeing them with babies, but 5 at once this summer was a bit much to manage. I ended up with 9 broodies this year. Probably why my flock started with 7 four and a half years ago, and now is somewhere around 40. (I'm not counting them, nope)

 

[Araucana16]

I've only attempted to break 1 broody, because she was squishing chicks. She ended up sitting on nothing for most of the summer, because I refused to give her more eggs to squish. I tried giving her chicks to adopt and she wouldn't accept them. Thankfully, I had a Production Red that was broody at the same time, and she accepted them without issue. Then, when they were about 4-5 weeks old, the squishing broody decided she'd co-mother them after all.

Other than that, I let my broodies have babies. I love seeing them with babies, but 5 at once this summer was a bit much to manage. I ended up with 9 broodies this year. Probably why my flock started with 7 four and a half years ago, and now is somewhere around 40. (I'm not counting them, nope)

Yikes! I'm getting 8 this spring and I told my best friend that by the time I graduate high school (I'm a freshman) I plan to have 18. She said : "Yeah, but wouldn't that make you kinda.... crazy... obsessed... a hoarder?" I asked her if she doubted any of those things and she said no

Then when I told her about broodies and that I would sell most of my chicks, she said : "But... but... I will have named and loved them by the time you sell them and then I'll have to chicknap them all!" Oh Mali...

Wow, though, NINE! I hope to have 3-4...

 

[bluebirdnanny]

I don't have electric in the coop. And can not afford to put it in. House is not big enough to incubate indoors and even junk incubators cost money. :/

That is why I am doing the Woods Open Air Coop. Will provide proper circulation and big enough to set the old sides of baby crib as a chick area divider when one goes broody! They will be able to go in and out and rooster won't be able to hurt them until he decides they are his to protect.

All three are in the little old coop enclosed roost/nests part. One is in the nest I moved the egg to and the other two on the wood roost. One on the two by four and one on the skinny roost that came in the unit. We will see what tomorrow brings.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: I about died when another BYC member confessed to her feed bill being more than $2,000/month. See, I'm not THAT bad,

I don't have electric in the coop. And can not afford to put it in. House is not big enough to incubate indoors and even junk incubators cost money.

That is why I am doing the Woods Open Air Coop. Will provide proper circulation and big enough to set the old sides of baby crib as a chick area divider when one goes broody! They will be able to go in and out and rooster won't be able to hurt them until he decides they are his to protect.

All three are in the little old coop enclosed roost/nests part. One is in the nest I moved the egg to and the other two on the wood roost. One on the two by four and one on the skinny roost that came in the unit. We will see what tomorrow brings.

May you get LOTS of broodies. I don't have electricity in my coops either.

I have a small coop I bought for raising babies. I got kicked out of the garage and well house due to chicken dust. So now I brood in this, and there were day old babies in this coop when I took the picture.

 

[Araucana16]

I about died when another BYC member confessed to her feed bill being more than $2,000/month. See, I'm not THAT bad,

May you get LOTS of broodies. I don't have electricity in my coops either.

I have a small coop I bought for raising babies. I got kicked out of the garage and well house due to chicken dust. So now I brood in this, and there were day old babies in this coop when I took the picture.

Good god, $2000? I have to pay for my chickens. That would NOT work!

How many chickens does he/she have??


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