I think you did something very sweet for this hen. I know some people are bashing you for the comment about the chicks being cheap enough that if they don't make it, it's ok. I get why you did and said that. You can't be spending premium dollars to give a hen babies to take care of. I loved this story. And the chicks were adorable!
That worked well. I did the same thing years ago with a goose who didn't have a mate but built a nest every spring and sat on her eggs for weeks. As soon as she heard the goslings in the box she got all excited and as far as she was concerned her eggs had hatched.
So cute! We thought our Banty Cochin x Ameraucana was taken by a hawk. But she wasn't, turns out she was sitting on a clutch of eggs! Lol. She's our first broody.
So educate me on this! Will the hen quit laying now that there are chicks? or will she keep laying, but pay more attention to the chicks than the eggs!! Great Video by the way! ;-)
what breed is she and also the chicks breeds please. i love chickens. i have 20. im zoned for 25. i actually live in the city. west valley city utah. i live near the border of taylorsville. please answer.
I like to take my broody hen and chicks and lock them in a stall in the barn so the other chickens leave them alone and I can set up a cage just for them. :) Very cute. I may order some silkies just for this reason...
Good question. I am not sure. This hen was trying to mother some chick last year which was before she stated laying eggs. So my best guess would be it depends on the hen, buy some chick and find out. Thanks
@countrybabe561 Yes I do the same kind of, they are living in the area with access to the rabbit droppings. I have thought about putting them in one of the light weight chicken tractors I built. Thanks for watching
@ByNatureFarms Thank you for taking the time to educate me... This is good stuff my friend! Thank you! As I have told you before.... I am learning so much from this RU-vid!! lol ! ;-)
No. If you don't want chicks you shouldn't. Personally, chicks need more care and I don't think I know enough or have enough experience to raise chicks. Don't want to lose the chicks on account of ignorance. To break a hens broodiness, You got to keep pulling her away from the nest and keep away from it. Try giving her treats and distracting her from going back in. Cool her off by maybe holding her it some cold water, not freezing water. I had to break a broody hen this year and when the above didn't worked I sectioned her off in the run, make sure you have sufficient water and food for her, and i usually let her go to sleep back in the coop. This was my version of the chicken jail. She did tend to try sit on something again in the night but after 2-3 days she gave up and went back to laying a week after. If you hen is really stubborn, you can lock her in a cage with food and water and hang it up from the ground. Make sure the cage has a wire bottom and not solid, no bedding either, this is what most people use it seems when their hen is a stubborn one.
@BillGoudy Think of a hen like she is a woman, A woman does not need a man to cycle, when she is pregnant she does not cycle, after birth she will start to cycle again. When a hen goes broody she will lay her clutch and then stop laying. She will start laying again while raising the chicks unless she molts. I am not sure when she will start laying again. We will be able to find out since she away from the others.
Is that what happens to you when you approach a small, flightless bird who is sitting on some eggs? If so, you might want to get a helmet on before messing with them. (BTW, before you go calling people stupid, remember that it's "you're" and not "your")
That just makes them moe broody(i have some)you should do "chicken jail" by building a seperate coop and locking her in it for the day until night time but make sure she goes out once a day :)
looks like I have broody hen; been sitting on her eggs for about four days now. I don't have rooster will those eggs actually hatch? Should i just stick golf balls underneath her? or figure out a way to break her out? Thanks!
MamaaaPerdue Your hen is just like you. Your eggs wont get fertile with out a man, your hens eggs wont be fertile with out a rooster. You can buy some fertile eggs and stick them under her or buy some chicks and stick them under her or put her in a wire cage for a week a see if that breaks her. Thanks for watching.
Why the chicken is not in the video? All I can see is the wall, a shoe and its tail!! That made my head dizzy. I watched this video in order to see the hen and the chickens not the wall !!! I stopped watching after a couple of minutes of disappointment.
"Move it goddamit Charley. Fuck it Charles! Hold the fucking camera!... Sorry Char.... Sometimes daddy gets upset about stuff. It's not your fault. GOD DAMNIT CHARLEY! Hold still!! (Said every dad ever)
It's so sad... the babies taken away from their mother, a lot of cocks slaughtered just for being males, females slaughtered once they stop producing eggs... Egg rearing is serious business. I have to admit, I have struggled to become a vegan/vegetarian, and right now, I'm eating meat... but that doesn't stop the industry from being a sad one.
Exactly! My eyes are hurting after watching a minute or two of this video. He was filming the wall and the shoe and everything else other than the chicken. SMH
I’ve found that popping one of those frozen gel packs underneath her will break her in minutes. You can wrap it in cloth if you’re afraid it might burn her but they’re smarter than you think and will get off the nest in a hurry.
@skidmorehappyhouse Where we live now if we had a rooster our neighbors would not be very happy with us, but if I had a rooster I would let her sit on her eggs.
@ByNatureFarms Ahh okay, I haven't heard of that breed before. Well if you need a broody to raise future chicks, she is a keeper even past her egg laying time.
Looks like she will be raising you some nice rooster dinners. But maybe you lucked out and one of the chicks will be a pullet. Is she a Brahma or a Delware hen ?
