brooding

i have 1 and a half year old pekins. I get an egg a day from each of them, all year round! They are very consistent except a few hick ups here and there. I noticed my one stopped laying about 3 or 4 days ago. I always see her in her nest, but never an egg. She goes back and forth to her nest in...

I have my first ever brooding hen in my flock, she's a 2-year-old Barred Rock and she has 7 healthy and alive 12-day old eggs. She's had no problem with me taking the eggs out to candle them (though, I've only done this twice so not to upset her much) and she's still doing well eating and...

Hi guys, I was thinking if my Dad will let me that the next time my hen goes broody (She does it a LOT) I could get some fertile Australorp eggs from a friend and hatch some breeding stock! Can you raise BBS Australorps with just ordinary show quality Australorps? Or do you need special BBS...

So I have three mallard ducks, and, I have read a lot about brooding. It has really hot outside so I don't want to put a heat lamp by them but I did put a wool hat in their bed. I also have water they can walk in and out of. Is this enough. Is it necessary for them to have a heat lamp?

Just hatched my first batch of Corturnix hatch was ok could have been better... 32 of 65 hatched. 10 more practically hatched but expired after breaking big holes in the shell.... But now lost another dozen to leg issues in a week in the brooder. I think shells may have been to thick from...

Our pretty girl, Lucy, a very happy RIR has gone missing. Her sister is still here. I feel pretty certain she is brooding somewhere. She did it once before, but, right by the house under a bush, so I was able to find her. She has been missing now for three days. We have sent out three search...

We live in Savannah GA and when We bought our home 5 years ago, there were around 10 wild white crested ducks in our pond. Now, there are only 5 and one has laid 9 eggs under our utility trailer. We noticed the eggs probably 3-4 weeks ago but no mom was sitting on them. Several days later we...

We live in Savannah GA and when We bought our home 5 years ago, there were around 10 wild white crested ducks in our pond. Now, there are only 5 and one has laid 9 eggs under our utility trailer. We noticed the eggs probably 3-4 weeks ago but no mom was sitting on them. Several days later we...

We had 4 ducklings hatch a little over a week ago and when they started moving around they kept bugging their aunt. She eventually completely abandoned her nest and we lost all of her eggs. She started following her sister’s ducklings around and she acts like a mother to them. Both the mother of...

My ducklings won’t leave their aunts alone. They keep going and sitting with them and today she got up to bathe and they were sitting on the eggs. I’m thinking it’s for warmth? It’s been around 80 degrees here. Has anyone else every had ducklings do this?

:jumpy:celebrate5 out of my 6 incubated eggs hatched yesterday and all babies are doing great. YAY! But I was wondering, will their eye color change? They’re dark brown right now and I was wondering if they’ll stay the same or turn yellow? Just a curious question. :) :wee

I have 2 hens old enough to lay. One, Mamma, lays everyday. Baby Girl was laying everyday, then she started brooding. She done this for about a month, without laying any eggs. She finally came out of it, but still hasn't laid an egg. It's been 3 weeks since she quit brooding. Is she ever going...

I check on my ducks a lot. They have a good portion of the yard fenced off and I can peek over. I never see my brooding Muscovy off her nest. I know you’re suppose to remove bad eggs but I haven’t even candled them once since I have never seen her not sitting on them. Should I try to remove her...

My hen started showing signs of being broody, and today she started sitting, but the eggs she’s sitting on are a bit old (some are about a week old and others maybe older). So I was wondering if she could still hatch them, or if I should buy her some knew eggs (though I might not be able too)...

As hybrid hens are hard to sex as they are not colour linked etc I was wondering if the females take after the fathers colours and the males take after there mother because the ones we have pin pointed as males are the same colour as the Mum and visa versa I also read that if you have a fast...

Hello! After 5+ years of contemplating, planning and preparing for ducklings, we are finally ready to attempt our first hatch! I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve been lurking around BYC for some time and love the community and support it offers. Friends of ours have a pair of Ancona ducks and...

Good Morning all, I have a little bantam Silkie hen that has been sitting diligently on a small clutch. She had been getting up daily. Her eggs are now hatched but she is sitting with her legs straight out to the sides like she’s doing the splits. If I pick her up and help her stand, she can...

Hello all, altough I have had mutiple flocks over the years this is the first time ive raised any from chicks. I purchased 10 White Leghorns pullets from the local Rural King on Feb 3. I have them in the garage in a large homemade brooder. Week one and two they recieved added heat from a heat...

I just got into breeding, raising, selling chickens/chicks.i have over 200 chicks at the moment. But I walked out to one of my brooders the other day and I have a chick running in circles with her head twisted in a weird way, has this happened to anyone else?

G'day all! Sorry I haven't got back to everyone who has replied to other threads yet - have been super busy! Recently upgraded my hutch to a 1.5 x 1.5 x 2m aviary, and installed gravity feeders and waterers to the wall, and also lots of hiding spots, hay and also live grass. My females have...