YO GEORGIANS! :)

[Missyktsm]

So my broody Silkie has hatched 1 BLRW and 1 EE. She still has 4 BLRW eggs to go.

Nice! I can't wait for one of my hens to go broody. My incubator sux! Although, I did buy a mini fridge on CL today for $35...woot! Hubby is going to magically find all of these cool incubator parts just laying around the next time he gets bored.

 

[sanchabird]

Ok, so my broody chicken decided she doesn't want to be broody anymore

 

[mrsdszoo]

Ok, so my broody chicken decided she doesn't want to be broody anymore

I have one that tries to be broody, but she gives up after 3 days. I was tempted to give her another shot today when she didn't want to give me today's batch of eggs, but we have a school project to supply so I took them.

 

[sanchabird]

I have one that tries to be broody, but she gives up after 3 days. I was tempted to give her another shot today when she didn't want to give me today's batch of eggs, but we have a school project to supply so I took them.

Im not even sure she made it that long

I think it was 2

 

[Blue Roo]

Hello all got a question has anybody ever been to the chicken sell in conyers ga at the stockmarket is it worth going to is what I'm really asking I guess

 

[carcar80]

I've not been.. Trying to think of who lives that way..

GAM I'm passing your place now. You gonna be around later?

 

[ChickDancer]

I have one that tries to be broody, but she gives up after 3 days. I was tempted to give her another shot today when she didn't want to give me today's batch of eggs, but we have a school project to supply so I took them.

Another user here on BYC once told me his "rule" for spotting a broody hen. And I'm about to test it tonight on a VERY unusual suspect...

He said the hen must spend two consecutive nights in the nest and not up roosting with the others. He said if they spend two NIGHTS in there, they are probably truly broody. But otherwise, it's just temporary hormone changes. And of course one night in the nest, the next roosting, and the third night in the nest doesn't work either, because the nights aren't consecutive.

But I had the shock of a lifetime when I went out to look for "Buddy" last night after dark and found a Sumatra in the nest! She had been "glued" there all day, and apparently slept there last night too. Today she has once again sat on the nest, but did take a break when I tossed feed in there, and stayed out long enough to scratch and munch the grass my nephew collected with the lawnmower and tossed in there. If she spends another night, I'll be shocked because Sumatras are N O T a broody breed at all!

 

[ChickDancer]

What is y'all's opinion? Is it safe to let 7 week old chicks have black oil sunflower seeds?

If they'll eat it, sure!

 

[ChickDancer]

So my broody Silkie has hatched 1 BLRW and 1 EE. She still has 4 BLRW eggs to go.

You are finally letting her HATCH eggs now? lol

 

[ChickDancer]

Off work, exhausted, missed a bunch of questions (and answers) in this thread, but want to log off and sleep anyway. I think I'm going to pour myself a glass of cold milk, and lay down and watch CSI: Miami until I do fall asleep.