Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Leigti]

I hear all this talk about broody hens. I've had chickens for 2 1/2 years now and never had one go broody. Am I just lucky?

 

[junebuggena]

I hear all this talk about broody hens. I've had chickens for 2 1/2 years now and never had one go broody. Am I just lucky?

Some breeds are much more prone to going broody than others. My Australorps are almost always broody from June through October.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My girl that I believe is broody is growling if you put your hand in
unless I put something under her she is not laying anything
comes out in the morning to eat goes back in

 

[Hinotori]

As my EEs have gotten older, they've decided to try the broody thing once. Most of my wheaten Ameraucana are also older and go broody once a year now.

I have a lot of silkies. They go broody multiple times a year if you turn your back on them. I've had pullets go broody before they ever laid an egg.

 

[pennyJo1960]

As my EEs have gotten older, they've decided to try the broody thing once. Most of my wheaten Ameraucana are also older and go broody once a year now.

I have a lot of silkies. They go broody multiple times a year if you turn your back on them. I've had pullets go broody before they ever laid an egg.

I believe this a barred rock Pullet I bought in the spring so
6 months old.. my other 5 hens are accounted for plus two
more bought in March also.. would it be a good idea to place
a broken shell with them?

 

[Hinotori]

As my EEs have gotten older, they've decided to try the broody thing once. Most of my wheaten Ameraucana are also older and go broody once a year now.


I have a lot of silkies. They go broody multiple times a year if you turn your back on them. I've had pullets go broody before they ever laid an egg.

I believe this a barred rock Pullet I bought in the spring so
6 months old.. my other 5 hens are accounted for plus two
more bought in March also.. would it be a good idea to place
a broken shell with them?

I don't. It helps if its dark so chicks stay under her for the night. I'm always up at first light checking after i put chicks under.

I have a couple specific hens that will take the chicks from me in daylight. And i do mean take. Set a chick in front of the and they shove the chick under.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I don't. It helps if its dark so chicks stay under her for the night. I'm always up at first light checking after i put chicks under.

I have a couple specific hens that will take the chicks from me in daylight. And i do mean take. Set a chick in front of the and they shove the chick under.

So should I do this while it is still light?

 

[CarolynF]

It finally happend! We got our first egg!I am so excited!

Congratulations! :-D

 

[Hinotori]

I don't. It helps if its dark so chicks stay under her for the night. I'm always up at first light checking after i put chicks under.


I have a couple specific hens that will take the chicks from me in daylight. And i do mean take. Set a chick in front of the and they shove the chick under.

So should I do this while it is still light?

Sorry. We were butchering a tree.

After dark so they can't see

 

[clawstar]

One of my hens went missing on the 26th, I found her today sitting on a nest with 16 eggs in it

She's a Americana and my roo is a Barred rock. This is her first batch, and I just moved her to a fenced in run today. Is it too late for her to be hatching chicks? The eggs are already developed and I really would hate to throw them out. anything I should watch for? What should I change with the run? its pretty big, and shares 2 walls with the main coop's run. None of the fencing is small enough to keep chicks in tho, do I need to change that? Thanks!