#broody #hen #naturalhatching

My Speckled Sussex hen, Speckles, went broody Monday the 22nd. I wanted to make sure she was committed to doing it, and she has sat ever since on a empty nest. I took 10 eggs this evening and put them under her in a nest box and got her comfortable, I will move her into a more comfortable...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here because I need some insight from someone more experienced than me in this "field". I have two button quails (male and female), they are now a little over two years old, but just about 6 days ago the female became broody. She kind of tried in the past...

Hey so our broody hen became a momma today. She hatched our very first chick on the farm. Question: She has one duck egg, that's close to hatching day now. Will she continue to sit on it till hatch time? If we remove the chick & place it w our ones in the inside tote brooder (almost a week...

Sorry about the long title. I didn't know a good short way to ask! I have let my broody silkie, Dawn, hatch six eggs. Four have hatched and two are pipping. Thing is, I did it at the ultimatum of only if I could find homes for the babies. We found homes, don't worry! But I'm wondering WHEN do...

Hi guys, I have a silky and she was laying very consistently, I’m talking an egg a day… After introducing new baby chickens she still was laying constantly. Fast forward to now and the baby chickens have grown up so you’d think she would start laying again but she is spending all day on her...

Hey everyone. One of my hens hatched 3 adorable baby chicks 3ish weeks ago. Whenever there is any chickens around her, she will run. She'll forget about the chicks and run off.. I'm thinking it's because of the pecking order. She's low on the order. I'm afraid if she's not going to protect her...

So, I have multiple khaki Campbell’s and Pekin ducks and two of mine have recently mated. Astonishingly one of my Khaki Campbell ducks, Val, became broody almost twice in one month, as before she was less attentive to the nest than her girlfriend Carol. Last month when they were broody they were...

About a month ago, my two broody hens had Lauer two fertile ebbs that should have hatched over the past few days. Yesterday, the two eggs were moving and one was internally pipped, but was making no progress in pipping so I gently made an air hole, and hoped that the ducklings would hatch out on...

Hey, I have been raising chickens for about six years now, and my biggest concern is hatching. My question is that can you make a hen go broody on it's own? Because my Hens tend to not go broody at all, if they decide to go broody they sit on the eggs for about 10 days and leave them probally...

One of my hens has gone seriously broody. I haven’t seen her leave her nest in several days and she pecks as hard as heck. We have decided to let her hatch naturally. Can someone tell me what we need to do, if anything?