Utah!

[themadchicken]

"Spike" my frizzle has decided to go broody today! The last egg she laid was fertile, i cracked it open last night to check so i could start collecting her eggs. I geuss i will have to wait to try out my new incubator since i have a natural one out back in the coop now. i dont think i have ever been mad that one of my girls has gone broody, but this is total bull!

 

[RedIII]

my mothers favorite saying is when life gives you lemons make lemonaid. Sounds like you did.

I also like this one, "When life gives you lemons, squirt juice in your enemy's eyes!"

Yeah sorry, I'm a little twisted.

I just separated by welsummers how long after removing the other breeds of roosters do you feel comfortable collecting the eggs and knowing they are fertilized by the welsummer rooster? I have been waiting two weeks just wondering how long everyone else waits.

I wait for three weeks before collecting eggs from my hens, if I'm going for purebreds. I have heard of people waiting for four weeks, but that does seem a little like overkill to me. Three weeks has been pretty good for me thus far

It gives any unneeded "goods" from other roosters time to leave the hen's system.

 

[RedIII]

"Spike" my frizzle has decided to go broody today! The last egg she laid was fertile, i cracked it open last night to check so i could start collecting her eggs. I geuss i will have to wait to try out my new incubator since i have a natural one out back in the coop now. i dont think i have ever been mad that one of my girls has gone broody, but this is total bull!

I can start collecting Icelandic eggs for you soon, if you'd like. Granted, I have to find where the brats are hiding them, first.

 

[themadchicken]

Quote: Hey Red..yes please start collecting them for me. I will put them under spike. Her little bantam she hatched didn't make it but a few days. This her second time being broody. Maybe if the chicks are a little bigger and i cut the feathers from around her eyes so she can see she will turn out to be a good mom.

 

[RedIII]

Hey Red..yes please start collecting them for me. I will put them under spike. Her little bantam she hatched didn't make it but a few days. This her second time being broody. Maybe if the chicks are a little bigger and i cut the feathers from around her eyes so she can see she will turn out to be a good mom.

Double post. Wheeeeeeeee.

 

[RedIII]

Dude, really? I wrote up a reply and it just deleted it. Blah...........

Madchicken, I can start collecting next week. Do you think a half dozen eggs would be too many for Spike?

 

[themadchicken]

Red...That will work just fine. Thanks. Just let me know when to pick them up.

 

[hgillins]

Have any of you tried to switch an egg, from under broody hem, for day old chicks? I have a hen that has been sitting on eggs for 22 days and no sign of hatching yet? If they don't hatch by this weekend could I give her chicks to raise, or would she leave or kill them?

 

[Cynthia12]

Have any of you tried to switch an egg, from under broody hem, for day old chicks? I have a hen that has been sitting on eggs for 22 days and no sign of hatching yet? If they don't hatch by this weekend could I give her chicks to raise, or would she leave or kill them?

I've done it, with mine and a couple of different friends. With her having been on the eggs that long, she will probably accept them. We always watch for a bit first to make sure.

 

[hgillins]

I've done it, with mine and a couple of different friends.  With her having been on the eggs that long, she will probably accept them.  We always watch for a bit first to make sure. 

Glad to hear it worked for you. I will probably go that route this weekend if they don't hatch by then.