Too many broodys....advise please

[Marion565]

Good morning all,
I have a RIR who is on her 8th day of sitting on 4 eggs today

Well yesterday one of my BOs decided that she wanted to be a mama as well and her sister figured it was a good idea too.

Now I took the eggs from her and got her out of the coop. Man, she was not a happy camper!
My question is how many broodys do you have and what in the world do you do with all the new chicks?
I have 12 hens, 6 chicks on the way, a broody sitting on 4 eggs and 2 more wanting to sit. I am hopeing that my new chicks get here quick (ordered them from the feed store) and maybe then I will just "slide" them under my BO if she is still broody then. Hopefully she will adopt them.
What are the odds of the BO adopting the chicks?

 

[Judy]

Lots of people have success with sneaking new chicks under a broody at night. Some say it works best if the broody has been sitting around 3 weeks. It worked once for me and did not work once, she ran them out of the nest and continued sitting. Good luck!

 

[Rammy]

I would kill to have a broody. I have 14 hens and NOBODY wants to be a broody. Not even a little. I have 8 new chicks I got from the feed store<not tsc> so maybe one of them will become one.............hoping..


Rammy