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WoDia Out of the seven eggs, five hatched!! Im SO pleased, thank you universe!! Snowy is in her broody coop, and going strong... fingers crossed she'll be a mum again by the 16th!

Amazing that Missy is so accepting and forthright wanna be the mamma hen! And what a journey for you! Well done team chemicalconan

Illustratively serves the purpose ;)

Alexandra bonita, five out of the seven eggs hatched :)) they are in their separate brooder, and Snowy is sitting pretty on her eggs.

Thanks ever so much N F C <3

Thank you TC 🙏🏽😊💚

I wanted to share my expanding family... Blacky Tan and Chottu created Wadda. Wadda mated with Blomma and Sita. I wanted a hatch on Valentines' day (easy birthday to remember right!). I purchased assorted eggs from eBay, but they arrived earlier than expected, nad the hatch also effectively...

Gifts this morning, clockwise from my thumb... from Sita (ISA Brown), Nikky (hybrid from my flock), Blacky Tan (Black rock+ Rhode), Blomma (Swedish Flower Hen), Betty (Barred Rock) and Snowy (Satin Siklie).

AAAAh... this is cuteness overload!!

Would love to see how they've grown!!

I would share their portraits no doubt! I will soon share photos of the ones recently hatched in February, little divas enjoy performing for the camera :)

WoDia, thanks for sharing your POV. I feel you're right! I have put eggs under Snowy, and hope she successfully hatches them. The eggs in the incubator will hatch as they do, and I'll be as good a daddy as I can be. Thank you for your kind wishes.

Thanks for your response Alexandra 🙏 Snowy was broody last year, and hatched one gorgeous Black Orpington chick, Sooty! My mistake at misreading the candling the eggs ended up terminating the lives of several chicks. She was a fantastic mother though! I gave Snowy nine fertile eggs this evening...

BBT thanks for your insight! I have a brooder ready for the due chicks, but wondered if it's possible to fast-track Snowy's broodiness and see if she mothers the babies. I'll probably give her fertile eggs to sit on, and for her to do the full broody period with her choo-choo rewards!

It's a conundrum for me!! Only 6 days left for my eggs in the incubator to hatch. And Snowy, one of my hens has gone broody. Wondering if I can put those eggs under her at this stage! Will she hormonally accept the newly hatched? OR Shall I wait till the eggs in the incubator hatch, and then...