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Step by Step Broody Hen Instructions

Last post by Killerbunny « Tue May 03, 2022 6:56 am
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by lolotsung » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:57 pm
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One hen has been in a nest all day.

Do I take the probably 2 eggs under her away and put them in the garage in an egg carton with the other egg?
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Last post by Killerbunny
Tue May 03, 2022 6:56 am
Optimum lighting hours, Article of the day

Last post by Killerbunny « Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:08 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:03 pm

Effects of photoperiod on broodiness, egg-laying and endocrine responses in native laying hens
A.L. Geng,S.F. Xu,Y. Zhang,J. Zhang,Q. Chu &H.G. Liu...

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Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:08 pm
What to do with a broody hen and eggs

Last post by lolotsung « Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:52 pm
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by lolotsung » Thu May 13, 2021 12:28 am

I think we have a broody hen. Our orpington was sleeping in the nest on 4 eggs when I went to lock up the coop. She never sleeps in the nest. I put...

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Last post by lolotsung
Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:52 pm
Broody Hen 2021

Last post by KimChick « Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:10 pm
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by KimChick » Mon May 31, 2021 1:24 pm

Today, our broody hen got off her nest quite a few minutes after I opened the barn door. It has been a week since she started brooding.
She even...

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Last post by KimChick
Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:10 pm
Broody Hen Under the Coop

Last post by Kbr42 « Sun May 30, 2021 8:32 am
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by lolotsung » Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:02 pm
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About a week ago both our 2 Speckled Sussex stopped laying eggs. I thought maybe they were moulting. Last fall the 2 speckled sussex noticeably lost...
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Last post by Kbr42
Sun May 30, 2021 8:32 am
Question What do I do?

Last post by Rossman « Fri May 07, 2021 3:04 pm
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by Rossman » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:51 am
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I have four black copper marans and two of them have gone broody (2-3 days now) even though we have no roosters. I guess they just decided they would...
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Last post by Rossman
Fri May 07, 2021 3:04 pm
First Timer Broody Hen Questions

Last post by Kbr42 « Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:51 pm
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by amberalora » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:45 am
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Hi Guys!

I currently have my first broody hen and I'm super excited, :stars: she is sitting on 7 eggs, all Gold Laced Wyandottes. She's been on her...
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Last post by Kbr42
Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:51 pm
Brooder Plate

Last post by WLLady « Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:01 am
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by Lj and co » Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:24 pm

Hey everyone,

Just wondering where you got your brooder plates from, I can only find them in the states. Not trying to spend a fortune as I am not...

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Last post by WLLady
Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:01 am
Baby Falcons

Last post by kenya « Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:20 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:54 am

If anyoune remembers my falcon from a couple years ago. Actually morphed into a chicken. Set her three weeks ago, on eggs from home here. Had some...

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Last post by kenya
Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:20 pm
First 2020 set broody

Last post by Killerbunny « Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:14 am
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by Farrier1987 » Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:42 pm
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So the farrier and his broodys are at it again for 2020. Spring will be coming soon.

I broke Peachy in early Jan, and it lasted over a month. It...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:14 am
Two broody hens 3 eggs...

Last post by Kbr42 « Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:09 pm
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by Jenny d » Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:48 am

dtgyhkyhu (2).jpg I have two broody hens sharing 3 eggs between them (one day one has them all, the next the other does)
They seem to amicably share...

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Last post by Kbr42
Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:09 pm
My First Broodie

Last post by Jaye « Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:52 pm
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by Jetsko » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:55 am

HI

I have my first broodie but she is sitting on an unfertilized egg (no roosters). I have a small coop with 4 hens, Gracie is a 1 yr old light...

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Last post by Jaye
Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:52 pm
Where do you keep your broody hens and babies?

Last post by Penny « Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:01 pm
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by Jenny d » Mon May 11, 2020 12:42 pm
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Hello all,
I am hoping to put some eggs under a broody silkie any day now, I was just wondering how other people keep mom and babies separate from...
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Last post by Penny
Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:01 pm
Red Hatching

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:18 am
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by Farrier1987 » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:13 am
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So my girl Red, hatched from the mailed eggs from WWW last spring. Set her three weeks ago. She was hatching yesterday. Moved her to the stall this...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:18 am
Population increasing

Last post by Happy « Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:19 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Thu May 16, 2019 8:36 am
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Peachies 8 are about three weeks now, doing good.

Blackie Wackie hatched 5 out of 8 eggs on Tuesday. Fondue is hatching this morning, Friday, set...
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Last post by Happy
Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:19 pm
For Ontario Chick

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sun May 19, 2019 1:07 am
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by windwalkingwolf » Wed May 15, 2019 12:49 pm

Ontario Chick , you remember the light blue girl I got from you via KB? Well, do you know what your Sensible, no-nonsense Wyandotte is doing? She's...

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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Sun May 19, 2019 1:07 am
Time to watch how the pros do it

Last post by kenya « Sat May 18, 2019 2:19 pm
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by Reboot » Tue May 14, 2019 9:35 pm

Thanks to Harvey Ussery's book I believe I've identified a broody hen in our flock. I quickly slapped together a brooding box for her, gave her...

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Last post by kenya
Sat May 18, 2019 2:19 pm
First broodie of the year set today

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:17 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:45 pm
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Peachy wouldn't get off the nest yesterday. So today I picked out 9 eggs and built her a nest in the little broodie cage I have, water and food in...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:17 pm
Brooder Box Location

Last post by Shnookie « Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:21 pm
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by KimChick » Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:49 pm

I'm thinking of incubating in March, and April is still too cool to set the chicks in a brooder box in the shed.
Where does everyone else have their...

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Last post by Shnookie
Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:21 pm
Welsh Harlequin Ducklings!

Last post by Jaye « Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:57 am
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by Home Grown Poultry » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:06 pm
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I know I know Im sorry! Iv been absent for a long time. I kinda gave up..... I didnt even want these ducks when Lizzie spoke up about them and said...
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Last post by Jaye
Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:57 am
I thought we were done...

Last post by Penny « Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:31 am
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by Penny » Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:53 am
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But Blackbeard has her own ideas. She disappeared a few days ago so I assumed that damn fox got her. She showed up Saturday morning, all fluffed up,...
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Last post by Penny
Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:31 am
Adding hens to my brood

Last post by baronrenfrew « Fri Sep 14, 2018 4:01 pm
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by Stellap » Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:35 pm

I have 7 silkie hens and 4 have been brooding almost all summer and 2 are too young to lay so that equals less than an egg a day. Any advice on what...

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Last post by baronrenfrew
Fri Sep 14, 2018 4:01 pm
Boy or Girl from the mailed eggs?

Last post by Farrier1987 « Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:22 am
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by Farrier1987 » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:50 am
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So with the mailed eggs from WWW, I thought I had it figured out fairly well who was what at two months. Then La-chicken came to visit and cast doubt...
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Last post by Farrier1987
Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:22 am
from brooder to flock

Last post by KimChick « Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:44 am
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by KimChick » Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:45 pm

We're going to try something different when adding my 5 week old chicks to the flock.
First of all, we are going to put them in one half of the...

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Last post by KimChick
Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:44 am
Not so patiently waiting

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:49 pm
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by Happy » Thu May 10, 2018 10:44 am
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Little has been on 9 eggs and this morning was the start of day 22. She hopped off the nest to run outside to poop this morning which surprised me so...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:49 pm

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