Will she accept them?

[Frazzemrat1]

You need very young Chicks or get eggs. Have you checked your eggs recently?

Not real recent. I will be tomorrow, LOL Was planning on bacon and eggs for breakfast.

 

[HeavensHens88]

When I do kick her out of the box, after work, when I collect eggs, she goes out for a bit, baths, eats and goes back... but whens he's out, she does this little cluck, its not like the normal one... I swear she's calling to imaginary chicks to stay close.

She's definitely ready to be a mom, then.
Yes, I agree with cr, the younger the chicks, the better; but I really wouldn't advise letting her sit the additional duration of full incubation.

 

[chickens really]

She's definitely ready to be a mom, then.
Yes, I agree with cr, the younger the chicks, the better; but I really wouldn't advise letting her sit the additional duration of full incubation.

My friend this summer had a Hen that loved sitting eggs and never mothered a clutch. She moved around from nest to nest till the Chicks hatched and had zero interest in Chicks..Just babysat eggs...

 

[HeavensHens88]

My friend this summer had a Hen that loved sitting eggs and never mothered a clutch. She moved around from nest to nest till the Chicks hatched and had zero interest in Chicks..Just babysat eggs...

You take that chance with any broody. It's unfortunate there's no mothering standard that all hens to abide to; but same thing with people, there are women who just are never cut out for the whole maternal business.
That's why I always have a backup brooder running with every broody clutch that I'm expecting.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Problem is, I don't need the chicks... I'd be doing it just to break her and then raise the chicks and sell them. If she doesn't mother them, they'd go into a brooder until I could sell them.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Well, She spent most of Saturday out in the yard, (so glad I didn't get chicks on Friday). Sunday she was back on when I got home from my volunteer work. Le sigh. I'm hoping she quits soon.

 

[aart]

When I do kick her out of the box, after work, when I collect eggs, she goes out for a bit, baths, eats and goes back... but whens he's out, she does this little cluck, its not like the normal one... I swear she's calling to imaginary chicks to stay close.

She is...that's the 'broody cluck'.
It's maddening to hear when you have a serial broody!
I had one this year, she went broody at about 6 months old after laying just few eggs and was easily broken. Then I let her hatch in March, she weaned the chicks at 4 wks laid a few more eggs then went broody again, and again, and again! I broke her 7 times before giving her to a hatchoholic.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

She is...that's the 'broody cluck'.
It's maddening to hear when you have a serial broody!
I had one this year, she went broody at about 6 months old after laying just few eggs and was easily broken. Then I let her hatch in March, she weaned the chicks at 4 wks laid a few more eggs then went broody again, and again, and again! I broke her 7 times before giving her to a hatchoholic.

I hope I don't have to give her away.. I can't have chicks every time she wants to go broody, but she's also one of my kid's favorite. Well, its gonna be a matter of what's best for her in the long run. We'll see what she does as our temps drop.