Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

well 5 eggs I think under Dirt now none more than a day apart she took them all
Mud is happy with her 1 takes her all over now but it sleeps under her skirts still

 

[mixedbreeds]

I’m up to 7 Blue Icebar eggs collected to put under a Marans broody. How many you think I should put under her? I have a tendency to put to many eggs under broody’s.

 

[Hinotori]

I do 10 silkie eggs for seasoned silkie broodies. I do 6 or 8 for pullet broodies.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have 4 under Dirt so not so many but she covers them easy

 

[Llamacorn]

It's been to long! I recently added a baby to our family (the human kind). Now one of my hens is broody! Our chicken acquaintance who I nicknamed my "chicken dealer" is giving us some fertile eggs tomorrow to give her. My question as s first time chicken mom is do I let her be broody in the coop? Don't really have room in my house for her and the eggs.

 

[mixedbreeds]

I build a nest box out of plywood and put it in a colapsable dog cage I think they are 36” x24” make a nest from straw put eggs in the nest in the evening and go get the broody and let her go faceing the eggs. They normally zoom onto the eggs. Keep water and food in the crate.

 

[pennyJo1960]

can you giver her ground floor room in the coop where she is not bothered by others ?

 

[Llamacorn]

I build a nest box out of plywood and put it in a colapsable dog cage I think they are 36” x24” make a nest from straw put eggs in the nest in the evening and go get the broody and let her go faceing the eggs. They normally zoom onto the eggs. Keep water and food in the crate.

Is this something I could put in the run if I covered the sides?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Run or coop itself not sure how big your coop is in did a little box square big enough
for the hen 3 x 3 if you cover birds will roost on it mine is open off the floor less than a inch whole oblong for size of broody's she needs to be safe in there I have a lip so peeps have to be bigger to get out till she wants them too

 

[mixedbreeds]

I Don’t see why not