first time hatching with broody hen

[farmer boy]

i have a bantam and she is broody she is sitting on 9 eggs and is at 10 days is there anything really important i should know ???

 

[Margitas]

i have a bantam and she is broody she is sitting on 9 eggs and is at 10 days is there anything really important i should know ???

You can candle them and trow out the not fertile eggs

 

[farmer boy]

they all must be fertilized because i have two roos that mate with the hens everyday so idk ... any other stuff ??

 

[Margitas]

I don't know she come down to eat or drink if not you have to take her down 2 / day no more than 20 min.
And let do her job.

 

[bobbi-j]

The most important thing you can do is leave her alone and let her do her job. Make sure she has food and water available so when she does want to eat and drink, it's there. Broodys do not spend alot of time off the nest, so you may not see it when she leaves to eat, drink, or poop. (Unless, of course, you are spending all day, every day watching her).

 

[farmer boy]

i saw her one time when i was cleaning the pens out but that was it she was just off to drink not for long though

 

[aoxa]

Some determined broodys WILL NOT get off to poop. I always kick them off once a day to save the eggs from the stink. If it happens it requires an entire nest change, and you will need to hold your breath or you will vomit lol.

Just because you have roosters that mate them all the time, doesn't mean there won't be one or two eggs that didn't get fertilized. I average a few infertile ones or some will die early on. If you don't throw them out they will start to stink.

http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

 

[farmer boy]

okay so what do i look for ?? she gets of to poop and eat i put in a few treats and she eats them when im gone .... she pooped in her water and it spread all around in it i changed it and all i wanted to do was vomit it smelled so gross

 

[aoxa]

okay so what do i look for ?? she gets of to poop and eat i put in a few treats and she eats them when im gone .... she pooped in her water and it spread all around in it i changed it and all i wanted to do was vomit it smelled so gross 

It's a smell like no other, isn't it?

 

[farmer boy]

ya its horrible lol .. where can i find a thing of how i can tell if it is fertilized so just in case i see something and i didn't know it was part of the chick