broody hen adopting

Bit the bullet and finally bought some chicks from TSC. I've heard mixed opinions on the sexing for TSC chicks, so I'm a little nervous! These little guys are for my extremely broody Delaware, 'Helen'. This is also our first time letting a broody raise chicks, so a bit nervous about that as...

I had 2 silkies sitting on 8 eggs between the 2 of them as they always wanted to be in the same nest together, now they have only successfully hatched 3 chicks, the other eggs were not fertile. Can they share the chicks and both become un broody or should i get 1 of them their own chicks? Thank you

We had two broody hens who were around a week apart in their incubation time. Hen #1’s chicks hatched about a week ago, and Hen #2 hatched two chicks this morning or earlier. Unfortunately, Hen #2 crushed one of her chicks and began attacking/pecking at the other one, so ultimately we removed...

Last night I snuck three little chicks day ish old chicks (less than 48hrs ) under my broody hen who’s been broody for a long time. She’s a blue austrolourp Rhoda island Red Cross This am I came and the chicks were running around the coop looking distressed and the mama left them I tried...

I have a broody blue production bird that has been broody for about 1 1/2 weeks. She was also super broody last spring so I think she wants to be a mom hen pretty bad. Today I got 3 one-day old chicks. I tried to introduce them to her at around 3pm and 6pm but both times she was not having it...

I have a broody hen for about 2 weeks. Tried putting babies under her she sat for a few minutes then got up. When she laid back down the babies wouldn’t go under her, and she did nothing. How do I know if they accept each other?

Hi Guys! We have a Buff Orpington named Lemon who went broody for the first time a few weeks ago. Our local Tractor Supply had Lavender Orpington chicks in stock so I purchased 6 to see if Lemon would be their surrogate mother. She was pretty darn mean as a broody hen so I snuck in after dark...

I have a broody hen (first time) who incubated five eggs. We marked them and removed any other eggs she took that the other hens laid that she added to her pile. She killed the first two chicks that hatched, so we took the other three and put them in the incubator. They are all doing well, but...

Our 7 chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery just arrived today (72-ish hours old), and our 1yo Buff Orpington has been broody for 2.5 weeks. I planned on introducing all 7 of the chicks to her tonight in her brood box while she sleeps (slipping them in from behind her so she doesn't see me doing...

So I pick up chicks tomorrow. The only hen (a little over one) that has reared a chick *just* went broody. She wasn’t yesterday, but now she’s hissing at me and tucked an egg I have under her. She did a great job rearing the chick (she was 8 months at the time) There are a few other broody...

What are the pros/cons of giving a broody hen hatchery chicks to raise? I have a girl that just went broody this week and pre ordered some chicks about a month ago. I should be getting them the first week of March, so I don’t know if it would even be feasible to let her be broody that long...

Hi, need help chicken sexing. we purchased 10 chicks from a local hatchery a while back and now we are wondering what gender they are🧐. sadly 4 died when we placed them under our broody hen who we decided to use as a surrogate mother😢. Later we realised they passed because there vents were...

Hi all! Have a strange one for ya. Was curious if anyone had any advice or similar experience. Today we deep cleaned the coop because we were finally melding together the hens with the new girls, 2 1/2 month old pullets. They’ve been spending the last few weeks together in the chicken yard. As...

Hey guys! So recently my rooster died so we don't have fertile eggs anymore. And yesterday my best hen got kinda broody she is a really good mother and if we ever got chicks again we would want her to hatch them! We prefer araucanas/ameraucanas(Easter eggers) I know this is kinda a long shot...

Question, I have a hen that loves to sit on eggs, she is currently not broody, but if I were to separate her from the flock and put some chicks under her do you think she would accept them? She has never hatched any eggs, and is a year old. I took advantage of the Memorial Day sale Murray...

Hi all, the one baby chick I had that's yolk sack was still attached is super lively and eating drinking like a champ for the last 3 days. He was the only one to hatch and is getting lonely. I have a broody buff orpington I was thinking about trying to get her to adopt since we have no rooster...

Gday everyone, I love this forum and love keeping chickens I’m still new to keeping chickens I had a solo hen :). She followed me around everywhere so I got a rooster to keep her company. They get along fine but the rooster was scared, difficult to handle and didn’t go back to roost in their...

hi, I currently have a hen who has hatched out just one chick (who is now a week old). I have just bought two new chicks so the original chick has friends, and they are also one week old. What is the best way to introduce the mum to the new chicks, any advice much appreciated!

These are the developing eggs. Some are 2 days overdue. I don't know if that's because they stopped developing or because they didn't get proper heat. I took some eggs out so the developing ones would get proper heat. Can anyone tell me if any of these are going to hatch? One of them is...

Hello, I am new to the chicken world as we got our first chicken a year ago. We have 6 hens and no roos. I have a broody hen and 'adopted' 5 fertilized eggs from a friend. I placed them under my broody hen and she has been diligently sitting on them. They are due to hatch on July 21st. I...