Broody Hen Thread!

[lilwildrabbit]

No data collection here yet my hatch was an emergency hatch so no data

 

[Coop de Grass]

I had an interesting experience with a broody today. My Crested Cream Legbar went broody and I had just hatched eggs a week before. I decided to try her with the chicks and she adopted them. She is a great mom, even in the extreme wind on Thursday, she keeps her babies warm. This is such an easy way to integrate chicks into the flock.

Well, today I decided to try the same tactic with 2 other hens who seemed to be broody. They accepted the chicks, but after several hours I heard them crying. Blanche immediately entered the coop and jumped up to the nestbox with the crying chicks, and sat on them. she even had her own in there with them. Eventually, 2 of the day olds fell out of the nest box so Blanche went to her broody nest box which is on the floor, and tried to convince the new chicks that they could get in with her. I went down and pulled them out because I don't think she would be able to handle having the 2 ages together. She sure was determined to take care of those orphans. I guess some broodies are not really broody!

 

[PouleNoire]

Aww she's determined to be a good mom!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

Aww she's determined to be a good mom!

Hard to find a great brood hen !!

 

[PouleNoire]

Yes! I hope one of my girls is a good broody to possible hatch some eggs this spring!

 

[bigtom856]

Can anybody tell me if this is what I'm looking for? It's my first attempt

 

[lilwildrabbit]

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Yes! I hope one of my girls is a good broody to possible hatch some eggs this spring!

lost mine to a dog attack hope I am lucky and have another soon love to see the chicks running around moma hen!

 

[PD-Riverman]

Can anybody tell me if this is what I'm looking for? It's my first attempt

Its a clear egg---Not sure what you looking for. If you been incubating it for a week or so----its not any good. What are you looking for???? Get a toilet tissue tube---fix it where your light shines through it---none around it----stick the egg on top---you got a egg Candler!!

 

[PouleNoire]

I
lost mine to a dog attack hope I am lucky and have another soon love to see the chicks running around moma hen!

I'm so sorry for your loss, I too lost my first flock of 9 to a dog attack. That is what I would love to see too, little fluffies running around mama!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

Yea I had one set and had her first two chicks lost her and one chick along with over 20 hens so I was decimated I have now 14 day olds and her one on my second incubation trying to get my flock reestablished