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It's happening 😍🥳 Unfortunately Goldilocks refused to accept new chicks or a chick that hatched under her. She just got out of the nest and took the egg shell to eat it outside the nest and left the newly hatched chick on it's own. Luckily I was there just in time to put the chick and the other...

Wow, thanks for sharing your experiences, that so crazy! Goldilocks got two eggs from Pretty Mama now, and she's sitting on them diligently. Let's see how she does when they're hatched. I'll be watching her. If all goes well, I'll try to divide the chicks up between them and hopefully they'll...

Ah yes that makes sense. We separate the broodies into a separate, smaller 'brooding coop' as we call it, since we noticed the same problems in the common laying area. Had a few eggs get too cold, because another hen went into the broody's nest when she got out for a break, and the broody went...

That's so interesting! Have you ever had any problems with chick acceptance? Fortunately we've had excellent success rates with our broodies since we started with natural brooding last year, and haven't yet had the need to incubate since then. I did turn on the incubator for a chick last year...

Thanks for your extensive answer! 😊 I'll try out your suggestions and keep an eye on her!

This is her first time being broody, she hatched in August last year 😊 I have another broody who's eggs should also hatch starting Monday. If Goldilocks won't take them, the other broody will get them with a heater in the brooder-coop, since 18 chicks might be too many for her to keep warm, even...

Interesting! Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow ☺️

Hi all! I have a some eggs in an incubator that are due to hatch starting Monday, 4th March. Goldilocks: has been broody since two days now and she should get the babies in the incubator. I've read that that should be possible. My question: would it be best to give the eggs to her before they...