bikosblackmeat
In the Brooder
Good day folks,
I am Biko from the Philippines. I just want to ask for advices and tips on how to encourage again my hen to become broody. To give you guys a background, her name is Ulikbars, an Ayam Cemani x Chinese silkie hen. I bought her for about 8 dollars, she is 1 year old at that time (august 2022). After few weeks with my care, she mated with my White leghorn x Philippine native chicken, then started laying eggs the third week of august then became broody the second week of September 2022. I let her sit 13 eggs and ultimately, being a first time mother, she hatched 12/13 eggs. Pretty magnificent and it proves that she is a good mother.
After a month of being with her chicks, I sold the chicks and broke her broodiness by a cold bath and being caged alone (October 2022). Then the second week of November 2022, she started laying again eggs. I hoped that she will go broody again because when her eggs began to be multiple, she sits on them at night (for longer than a week, but never becomes committed anyways) but comes down when it is day time. That is the mistake that I have done, because right when I decided to cook the older eggs in the nest, I saw an embryo when I broke the egg. I have been advised that the incubated might have been started prematurely because of my hen sitting at them at night, which then I broke that habit of hers by picking her up when night comes and placing her to a roost. Right now (January 2023), she is still laying eggs but she is not being broody even though if I sum up all the wasted eggs and eggs that I have ate, it is near 50+ pieces right now. On her nest right now, there are 12 eggs. I wonder is the Nov-December chilled breeze affected her broodiness schedule? Will she ever get broody again (I am missing her angry look haha)? Are there anyways to induce broodiness because I know for a fact that when she became broody, she hatched almost all eggs? Any suggestions guys?
I am Biko from the Philippines. I just want to ask for advices and tips on how to encourage again my hen to become broody. To give you guys a background, her name is Ulikbars, an Ayam Cemani x Chinese silkie hen. I bought her for about 8 dollars, she is 1 year old at that time (august 2022). After few weeks with my care, she mated with my White leghorn x Philippine native chicken, then started laying eggs the third week of august then became broody the second week of September 2022. I let her sit 13 eggs and ultimately, being a first time mother, she hatched 12/13 eggs. Pretty magnificent and it proves that she is a good mother.
After a month of being with her chicks, I sold the chicks and broke her broodiness by a cold bath and being caged alone (October 2022). Then the second week of November 2022, she started laying again eggs. I hoped that she will go broody again because when her eggs began to be multiple, she sits on them at night (for longer than a week, but never becomes committed anyways) but comes down when it is day time. That is the mistake that I have done, because right when I decided to cook the older eggs in the nest, I saw an embryo when I broke the egg. I have been advised that the incubated might have been started prematurely because of my hen sitting at them at night, which then I broke that habit of hers by picking her up when night comes and placing her to a roost. Right now (January 2023), she is still laying eggs but she is not being broody even though if I sum up all the wasted eggs and eggs that I have ate, it is near 50+ pieces right now. On her nest right now, there are 12 eggs. I wonder is the Nov-December chilled breeze affected her broodiness schedule? Will she ever get broody again (I am missing her angry look haha)? Are there anyways to induce broodiness because I know for a fact that when she became broody, she hatched almost all eggs? Any suggestions guys?
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