Worried about my broody hen

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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Happy » Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:48 pm

Oh no! I have read about a heating pad but I would think keeping the proper temp would be a nitemare. If you can keep them warm prior to it being dark I would try sticking the eggs under her in a box in the dark and hope for the best! Or borrow an incubator if that's possible. Good luck.
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by windwalkingwolf » Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:54 pm

An incandescent light bulb and a thermometer? Is she not acting broody anymore?
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Jaye » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:04 pm

Nope, she's staying out in the brooder area, scratching and pecking and not showing the least inclination towards going in to sit. :-(
I'm setting up my oven to take them in. Waiting for the temp to go down enough, because I put it on the lowest setting preheat, but it's still a bit too warm. I guess I need to think about a brooder too.
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Colleen Kinzie » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:07 pm

Could also make a nest in a small cardboard box and put eggs and her in and put in a dark place overnight. With air holes of course
She had no option but to set on them
All this only because it is so close to hatch date
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Happy » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:13 pm

@Jaye ya know you can shove them in your bra ;) lol
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Jaye » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:19 pm

Very good point, Colleen! I can just close her back up in the nest box. Brilliant! Off to do that now ...
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Jaye » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:20 pm

@Happy , I'd be afraid to suffocate them. ;-)
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by windwalkingwolf » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:21 pm

I can't imagine sleeping with half a dozen eggs stuffed in my underthings o.0
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by Happy » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:25 pm

roflmbo
When my little brother was about 5 he snuck an egg out of the fridge and slept with it to try to hatch it lol. My mom found it under his pillow, uncracked the next morning.
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Re: Worried about my broody hen

Post by poultry_admin » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:26 pm

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Ladies, I am staying out of this one.... :hide:
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