mean broody

  1. SageFay

    Day-old Chick with Injured (Broken?) Ankle

    Chick hatched this morning under a broody hen. We found it out from under her and as we went to pick it up to look the hen pecked at it aggressively again. At first all we saw was a small wound in its back so we brought it into the brooder and treated that. Then we noticed bruising on the left...
  2. KOdin

    Just venting about mean broodies

    Just venting. Decided to let my girls hatch eggs this year. I let my mut chickens do it last year and they were fine and raised with the flock. This year I let my silkies do it and boy do I have a baby chick massacre on my hands. So far I’ve had 2 baby chicks just go missing, 2 killed in front...
  3. rosemarysugar

    Mom Hen Attacking Chicks!??!

    Hi I had a broody hatch chicks, she was and AMAZING mom at first but she abandoned them at 4 weeks old now they live in a broody in our garage. We take the chicks out about once a day to get them integrated into the flock. All of a sudden the mom now seems to have a crazy drive to attack her...
  4. D

    Mean broody- need advice

    Hi everyone! My hens are almost 2 and one has gone broody for a while now. Not laying her own eggs but sitting on my other hens eggs. I decided to leave them to try and get new chicks added to my flock. Surprise, it worked! One chick arrived a few days ago witch I removed from flock due to the...
  5. Lobzi

    Mother hen being very mean to babies she hatched but were not from her eggs

    I have a mother hen who hatched many babies with two other hens in the same nest box. There were two eggs in an abandoned nest so I gave these eggs to the three broodies. All the hatchlings are light in color or brown but the two from the abandoned nest hatched out black. Two of the hens are...
  6. Cluckcluck1215

    My broody hen, Follow along.

    Alright, a couple weeks ago my hen, lowest in the pecking order, a Easter Egger name Indigo, Decided to go broody.I soooo wanted to have her hatch some eggs, but even if my mum did say yes, it wouldn't have worked out.A couple days later I fixed up a broody cage.EEEEEEE. Did.Not.Work.The next...
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