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[pennyJo1960]

Hey Pondites alive took a shower.. My job is to cook meals, tend chickens
and be happy, goofy that I am .... Monday is here life goes on

 

[bobbi-j]

Good Evening, Pond!
Today was hatch day for my broody. I bought a dozen eggs to put under her. By Saturday she had 5 eggs left. This evening she had two chicks and two I hatched eggs under her. I have not seen a third chick or I hatched egg. I’m hoping that since she’s a big, fluffy girl, there is a third chick hiding somewhere in all that fluff. Tomorrow I will remove the two unhatched eggs and take them out of the box they’re in. I put some chicken wire across the end of the coop so they have a 2’x8’ space for the chicks to get a little stronger and figure out food and water before she takes them out of the coop.

 

[Alaskan]

By Saturday she had 5 eggs left.

Did they keep disappearing???

 

[Alaskan]

So I sold most of my large fowl....

Have 5 girls in a tractor... I think 1 is eating eggs.



Luckily.... so far.... I think she is only eating her own eggs?

 

[bobbi-j]

Did they keep disappearing???

They kept getting broken. I don’t know if she broke them, or if it was the other hens getting in the nest with her.

 

[pennyJo1960]

See I lost a few with my broody she is young giant cochin she kicked out two eggs
they where both clear I think maybe they sat to long maybe close to a week
she has bantum chicks my bud brought over the break her ... she is happy coo cooing to her peeps

 

[Alaskan]

They kept getting broken. I don’t know if she broke them, or if it was the other hens getting in the nest with her.

Ah, gotcha

 

[sourland]

They kept getting broken. I don’t know if she broke them, or if it was the other hens getting in the nest with her.

In my experience this has happened when other hens have access to a setting hens nest.

Good morning Pond.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Sour need to get some work done can't sit all day

 

[bobbi-j]

In my experience this has happened when other hens have access to a setting hens nest.

Good morning Pond.

Yes, I should have found a way to block her off. The first week or so, there were no problems, so I didn’t worry about it. I hate moving them, even though I’ve done so many times without issue. But the last one I moved was a disaster. The hen had settled in an unprotected area, and had been there for a week or more. I set up a nice place for her, moved her at night, and when I went to check on her the next day, every single egg was smashed, and the hen was berserk. I don’t know if it was the move that set her offf, or if the building I put her in wasn’t as secure as I thought it was. After that, I had a different hen who was able to successfully set within the flock - I got spoiled by that one, I guess.