I have two buff orpington roosters and one buff orpington hen. The other 14 hens are a mixture of brown egg layers. I'm raising 4 new buff orpington hens with hopes of having a flock of orpingtons.
awesome video and it could of been other hens ran her off the nest to lay eggs and the hen that hatched 6 chicks about 2 weeks ago she was doing the same before we put some eggs under her slthough we moved her and put 6 eggs in the temporary next where we put her and she hatched all 6 of the eggs
I have a broody Buff, too! That girl, I feel for her as we don't have a rooster and she wants to mother so badly. I haven't had the heart to butt her off of the nest yet, probably do so this weekend. ❤
I also have a hen that's gone broody (Black Australorp)... and... she has also stolen others eggs... LOL. Fortunately, she wasn't a nesting box jumper (LOL), but did steal the other eggs that had been laid in her favorite spot. My nesting boxes are made from plastic totes at the moment, so once she took over everyone else's eggs no one else wanted in her space (not that she would have let them). Unfortunately I do not have a Black Australorp rooster (wish I did), so whatever she hatches will be a mix-match of chicks. I can't wait!! I also have a turkey who is setting at the moment. She actually went broody before my hen (& my hen is getting kinda old so I really was surprised that she went broody), so I put three chicken eggs under her. We'll see how that goes. So far, so good!!
This came at the perfect time we've been putting our chicken in jail aswell and have brought her in the coop at night and the broody hasn't gone away so maybe putting her away at night might help as well. How did it go for you?
Diatomaceous Earth for sure! I love it. I put it in their dust bath, food, and in the nest boxes. I will even sprits it on the roost bars. No problems yet for years!
Setting her up someplace separate, ideally on or near ground level, helps her raise the babies safely where they have their own safe space to run around with mom and learn how to scratch and use the feeders/waterers.
That is what we do as well. We put the hen near her flock but separated from them. That way they can still see her and her them but they stay out of her nest and visa verse.
Random Question - i have a 4 month old frizzle who can not feel her feet but can stand up fine. Do you happen to know a place to purchase chicken boots?
@@AcresOfAdventure good luck. Keep the videos coming. We have been doing this for years and it is so fun watching people do this right along with us. It’s both challenging and inspirational.
I had to put my roo in chicken jail cause he was attacking me and my granddaughter. Caught him under a barrel and put in in a cage. Nothing but food and water and no treats and he had to watch the others free range and the other roo interact with the girls. And no conjugal visits from the girls😂😂😂😂. He spent 24 hrs in prison. The next day he came out and has been a good boy for 2 days now. He gave me the look today and I told him next time it's gonna be two days. So far so good. It's so much better than kicking at him or hitting him with something. I still don't trust him while my back is turned though. But if he doesn't attack me any more then maybe.
