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Hey ! Spike hairdos are NOT in.
Broodies on the Homestead
Hey ! Spike hairdos are NOT in.
lcertuche
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Well our last little Swedish Flower got out and the other chickens got it. So far the hatchlings are staying with the two moms. I let them out to move the pen and those two moms were going ballistic on the other hens. The two roosters ran off. Finally while moms were fighting we grabbed the five babies and put in the pen and moms soon followed.
Side note: It's a good thing I moved the broodies and chicks because we have another snake in the coop. I guess I will have to try the mothball method.
Side note: It's a good thing I moved the broodies and chicks because we have another snake in the coop. I guess I will have to try the mothball method.
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Something keep saying "go check"... got my flashlight, grabbed the machete as I walked into barn (I keep it right by the door) walked over & looked. There was that black shiny rascal, looking out from under a section of pallet. Went around & in.
The good, bad & ugly. It got two eggs
...They will be the last thing it will ever eat 
. Took it out to the road in front of the house...scavengers will get it.
I hate snakes.
Now I won't be able to go to sleep.
The good, bad & ugly. It got two eggs
...They will be the last thing it will ever eat . Took it out to the road in front of the house...scavengers will get it.I hate snakes.
Now I won't be able to go to sleep.
sumi
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Glad to hear mom and the chicks are o.k. and you got the snake. Sorry to hear about the egg losses though I usually like snakes, but only as long as they stay in their place, i.e. away from me and mine.
I usually like snakes, but only as long as they stay in their place, i.e. away from me and mine.Mini Horses
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Yep! ... and they will keep after those eggs! Better 2 than all 7
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they will hatch tomorrow...ish. All that wait time gone.Haven't had issues until now -- this year -- so, feel it hasn't been there very long & won't be there again. The good news. LOL
We all deal with these "everyday" things. Stay away snakes.
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Geeze, louise! A chicken rodeo, lol. Maybe she was just being overprotective and thought the chick was about to attack her nest. Chickens are weird...
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I know, and I missed it! Well the roo was crowing at dusk, which was weird, so I looked out and saw him running away from DH. Lol... So I saw the aftermath!
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That was a "Not Mine! Danger to mine!" reaction. I don't put broodies that didn't hatch the chicks together because of it.
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My two broodies fights all the other hens but when you see them pecking their babies you understand. One hen grabbed a little chick by the neck and was running off with it. I 'took the boot' to her to drop it which she did and then her and Mama broodie started to spar. The other hens will fight them but the two roosters run out of the line of fire.
I use to have a big flock of game chickens. Not for fighting but because they were the only birds that would survive where I lived. People would ask me if my rooster would fight but really the top rooster kept the other two running and when the girls would fight the only way to get them to stop fighting was the top rooster. He kept all my biddies in line.
I use to have a big flock of game chickens. Not for fighting but because they were the only birds that would survive where I lived. People would ask me if my rooster would fight but really the top rooster kept the other two running and when the girls would fight the only way to get them to stop fighting was the top rooster. He kept all my biddies in line.
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I can see the benefits of broodies & incubator when they are time coordinated. Good idea. Also, the segregation of certain lines being isolated, then hen raised. Do you band the chicks to identify?
My hen hatched her 5 eggs late day , so tonight I will add this 5 day old single and watch. HOPING it will work & she will be a mom to 6.
I want to pen several hens with a roo for some of the reasons you have -- to define certain features. This is not as "in depth" as yours because they are hybrids but, I am looking to increase the egg color with my blue egg layers. So I want my pure lavender Ameraucana to cover about 10 blue layer hens. It will be a Spring hatch program as I have to "clean" the hens of other sperm, intro the roo, etc.
Ideally, broody hens will be used to slip these eggs under. And don't expect that in another month....maybe, but doubtful. 2 hens are brooding now but, the eggs I want to develop are not.
It would sure be nice if any wanted to set late summer, wouldn't it? -- pushing my luck. Never know. That would give me pullets laying Spring...a chance to view the experiment sooner than expected.
Today, I'm just thankful for the 5 eggs hatche & saved from Mr dead snake!! Life is good.
My hen hatched her 5 eggs late day , so tonight I will add this 5 day old single and watch. HOPING it will work & she will be a mom to 6.
I want to pen several hens with a roo for some of the reasons you have -- to define certain features. This is not as "in depth" as yours because they are hybrids but, I am looking to increase the egg color with my blue egg layers. So I want my pure lavender Ameraucana to cover about 10 blue layer hens. It will be a Spring hatch program as I have to "clean" the hens of other sperm, intro the roo, etc.
Ideally, broody hens will be used to slip these eggs under. And don't expect that in another month....maybe, but doubtful. 2 hens are brooding now but, the eggs I want to develop are not.
It would sure be nice if any wanted to set late summer, wouldn't it? -- pushing my luck. Never know. That would give me pullets laying Spring...a chance to view the experiment sooner than expected. Today, I'm just thankful for the 5 eggs hatche & saved from Mr dead snake!! Life is good.
