WooHoo! I Successfully "Set" my Broody Hen! -Pics, **DAY 18

[okiehen]

Her hen is a Buff Orp the eggs are from me welsummer.
My hen is a American Game x new hamp mix eggs Blue Andalusian.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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No, sorry I somehow left that out.

My hen is a Buff Orpington and the eggs set under her are welsummer.
I will try to get a picture of her posted later today!!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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egg-xactly!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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Oh, she does look like a big fluffy rabbit! You are on the home stretch!! What kind of eggs did you put under her? Keep us updated on your hatch!

I will try to get pics of my broody today!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

Here are some pics of MissBroody BO! Love her!!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

I LOVE my broody hen!

She is on day 7 and doing great! I have to say this is much easier than having eggs in an incubator. I don't feel worried like I did when I was "hatching" eggs.

I can't wait to see my little Welsummer babies!

I haven't candled these eggs (except when they arrived) and I don't know if I will. I really just want to leave her alone to do her thing. What do you guys usually do?

 

[annanicole18]

i'm jealous of all your broodies!!! i hope my buff goes broody after she starts to lay because incubators are seeming to be too complex for me. any ideas on how long they will take to go broody after they start to lay?

 

[TechEdFireman]

Yeah, I have a broody cuckoo maran and she is due tomorrow and sunday. she has been a great mom constantly on the nest.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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Broody hens are definetely the way to go.....if you can get one. Some hens will never go broody no matter what the breed. While BO's tend to go broody, you just never know. I have 6 buff orpington hens and one is broody. I had one go broody last summer about 2-3 months after she started to lay. She gave up on the eggs about half way through. My current broody hen is just over a year old.

Hope this helps!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

I am starting to feel anxious. It is day 14 for my eggs under my broody hen. I have been sitting on my hands

and have NOT candled or touched the eggs since I put them under her. It is getting harder and harder. I can't wait to see these little peepers!