Guess what we've got?

smudgley · 22-04-2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Moli

Thanks Smudgley, I have learned a lot about chickens reading this thread, look forward to babys...

I too have learned a lot about them over the last 2 days.

Fascinating today chatting to people at the auction, knowledgable people willing to share their expertise. They were buying fertile eggs by the tray fulls; like 5 trays with 30 eggs per tray. There's me buying 2 lots of 6 for my little broody hen.

random · 22-04-2009, 11:32 PM

My mum is getting rhode island reds, well that's what she is after anyway, she might well change her mind by the time the house and run is all built and such.

The blue orpingtons look stunning birds.

Kazz · 24-04-2009, 05:25 PM

Maybe you should call her "Mama Mia" quite apt.....

Kazz · 24-04-2009, 05:29 PM

Blue orpingtons next time she goes broody then.

smudgley · 24-04-2009, 07:02 PM

She isn't sitting the eggs.

She was so broody at my friends house and had been for a long time, I saw her broody behaviour. I brought her home & put some normal eggs with her which she seemed to take to at first, but hasn't been nesting on them.

I read that if you have a broody hen and you don't want her to be broody, moving her is a good way to stop her being broody, so I presume that by moving her from her old home to ours, she has gone off being broody. I'm really sad. She is a lovely girl and loves being handled. (I have photos but I'm at work tonight, so will post at the weekend) So I need to do something with my eggs. I am trying to borrow an incubator, but don't really know too many people with them. The other option is to give the eggs to a friend who has a broody hen, she said she'll hatch them and give me the chicks back. Will keep you all posted.

Kazz · 24-04-2009, 07:07 PM

She will go broody again, and quite quickly according to my Chicken expert Dad....but he did say moving her would have thrown her from being broody good chance....hence what has happened.....its a shame but not the end of the world....as she will go broody again.

angieh · 24-04-2009, 07:26 PM

..... so long as you can keep your fertile eggies warm until she does though. Hope you friend's broody will help out.

smudgley · 24-04-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazz

She will go broody again, and quite quickly according to my Chicken expert Dad....but he did say moving her would have thrown her from being broody good chance....hence what has happened.....its a shame but not the end of the world....as she will go broody again.

I need to get these eggs incubating soon though

dandysmom · 24-04-2009, 08:23 PM

What a pity! Hope she'll go broody again soon and that you can find a surrogate meantime.....

dinahsmum · 24-04-2009, 08:38 PM

The eggs can wait a little while Smudgley. Think if the hen was in the wild and laying one egg a day, the oldest would be sat 12 or 14 days old by the time she felt she had a large enough clutch to sit.
Hopefully she'll go back broody if you give her access to a nice nest box. Ours always seemed to stay broody for ages when we didn't want - despite being put in poultry-prison, with bare slatted floor etc

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