i have a chicken that i let set 6 duck eggs...one she knocked out of the nest and my hubby cracked it and it was wrotten...the other 5 hatched perfectly and she did a great job raising them until they were too big to nestle underneath her...which did not take long at all...but she'd make that clucky sound when i put out food and they would come running. of course, i have banty chickens so you can imagine how fast they out grew her...anyways, all 5 ducks are still healthy and happy.
Ok this is what happens when you have dyslexia. When you said "I've candled the eggs" I thought you wrote "I CANDIED the eggs." Scared myself for a second.
I bought some hatching eggs on he 30th May, and the hen that is siting on them now didnt start sitting in them until about a week and a half later. however before she sat on them the other hens sat on the eggs from time to time. So i was wondering now she has sat n them completely will they hatch?
@MissSAS123 Hi, sadly probably they won't, they take 20-22 days to hatch. Hatching eggs have to be stored somewhere cool and turned 1/4 turn over and back twice a day to prevent the yolk sticking to the inside of the shell. If these eggs were left in a nest and hens sat on them now and again the embryos probably developed and then died when the hens got off. Best to keep hatching eggs back until a hen is truly "broody" and put her in a small pen alone to hatch the eggs out. Best of luck OK
@myjugsarehuge Hi Thank you ! I have an update on the eggs, just after left my first comment, I thought I would go and check on the broody hen who was sitting on the eggs, so I looked in and and three heads popped out her wing!! I was so exited! My dad said that the mother and chicks and remaining eggs had to be away from the rest of the flock of chickens, so last night we built a pen for her and the remaining eggs and chicks to live in for a while. Thanks again, sorry I didn't reply sooner :)
@Fantage123ful I have a quite a few if you look back through my videos, the last one I posted was of chicks hatching in my incubator, also one of Brahma chicks last year. Just check out my videos and you will see them.
She is so cute. I really miss my girls (my four hens I had to get rid of this spring). We relocated into city limits, in a town, so I had to find a home for my girls. but the guy I gave them too already had 1 of them named before he left so I feel pretty confident about it. I still miss them tho, chickens are bright, loveable, cute, funny creatures that people take for granted. She's beautiful.
She had a feather louse infestation and sadly succumbed before we realised how weak she was. It didn't help being broody because the hens don't preen or dust bathe they just sit tight. The lice can live in cracks in the wood and the first sign of warmth (ie the hen) they are all over it sucking the blood. I only realised when my hands were covered in them and it was too late.
@JudyWonn broody simply means when the hen decides she wants to sit on eggs and hatch them out. It doesn't have to be her eggs, this hen is hatching ducklings. Most hens never go broody the tendency been bred out of them because they don't lay eggs during the 3 week they are sitting on the eggs and the 6 weeks rearing the chicks. Very inconvenient if you don't want chicks.
Battery hens are bred to lay an egg every day for 1 year, then they are usually made into chicken pie.
They never go broody, producers don't want hens that go broody they want productive hens that lay lots of eggs. By the time they are "discarded" and well meaning people like yourselves (and me) take them on their laying days are virtually over
If you want good laying hens buy Light Sussex point of lay (ie 16 weeks old) if you want broodies but don't mind less eggs buy Silkie/Silkie crosses
No sadly not, they either do or they don't, you can't make them. Some breeds go broody, some never do. Silkies go broody very easily, most of my hens have Silkie genes in them somewhere along the line. The hen in this video her father mother was a Silkie crossed with a Light Sussex cockerel.
Ordinary "laying" hens have had the broodiness bred out of them because broody hens don't lay eggs once they are sitting and people don't usually want that, they want hens to lay lots of eggs to eat
If the cock and hen have mated the eggs should be fertile but at around 9-10 days after she starts sitting you can candle the eggs (shine a bright torch through the egg in a darkened room) you should see blood vessels clearly so you know a chick is developing. Hen eggs take around 20-22 days to hatch, duck eggs 26-28 days.
If you intend putting fertile eggs under a broody keep them back and put them all under on the same day, that way they all hatch together.
Hey, I can't seem to find an update -- how did it go? I have a broody hen and no roosters, so her eggs are not fertile, but a friend of mine has ducks laying fertile eggs. We are thinking about giving her a couple of duck eggs. Any suggestions? Will we end up with ducks that don't know how to swim? We have no ducks, only six hens.
This hen sadly died earlier this year, her daughter is currently brooding 7 eggs and is so fierce, you can't get near her she pecks so hard. I have a white silky cross that lets you stroke her and take eggs away without pecking. Funny how they are all different?
Hi a question to the maker of this vid. My hen just went broody again..the last time I took her eggs she went into a depressed state did not lay for the rest of the season..she lost her fethers , she was stressed. Now this year she is at it again our plan is to replace her eggs with fake ones and let her sit..then at 21 days or so sneak a chick what do you think would it work? could I sneak a chick sooner? what are your reconmendations? we are hoping she gives up. but for now we will see.
You can either put a few unfertile (shop) eggs under her and leave her sitting till she gives up (takes weeks) or why not let her hatch a few out?
Presumably you have fertile eggs if you are going to have a chick to "sneak under her" or do you buy in "day old chicks". If you buy chicks they give it a try, pop 2 or 3 under at around day 18 maybe but leave the eggs she is sitting on for a couple of days to keep in her attention focused on brooding as she won't hear them "cheeping" as they hatch
Will a chicken go into a kind of depression if you take their eggs from them? I mean, we want to sell/eat our chickens' eggs, but we don't want to upset them.
Most hens lay an egg ever day and wander away so you can just collect the eggs every day. Very occasionaly some hens go "broody" where sit tight for 21 days to hatch them out. Silkie hens are prone to this.
If your hen goes broody you can keep taking the eggs every day, they don't mind sitting on nothing but use fake eggs if you like. If you left real eggs for a few days under her the chicks would develop. Not good to eat. Eventually she will stop being broody.
I'll have to send a video of Loopy on her two. We have two eggs numbered under her because there are new ones donated by the other girls every day. Should be hatching within a couple of weeks. I'm going to Disneyland the first week of June and I don't want to miss a day of ducklings. But that's how the cookie crumbles.
We put a spot of nail varnish on the ones to be "hatched". The other hens laid by the in the shed and we just gathered up all the unmarked ones. Now she is on her own its not a problem.
I love ducks. be sure she doesn't add an egg.My broody hen did that, unbeknown to me, and I ended up with a mad hand reared battam cock, who thought he was human, He mainly courted wellington boots and had a great dislike to certain people. Do you still want guinea eggs? I can ask tomorrow evening if you want.
I've been reading up on the Guineas and they are quite noisy and like to roost up trees. Be no good for the B&B guests trying to have a lie in lol so I'll give it a miss. Thanks for remembering.
good luck, I like ducklings, but I have resisted the urge, (so far)to sneak a few duck eggs under a broody. I look forward to hatching day with fingers crossed.
i have a chicken that i let set 6 duck eggs...one she knocked out of the nest and my hubby cracked it and it was wrotten...the other 5 hatched perfectly and she did a great job raising them until they were too big to nestle underneath her...which did not take long at all...but she'd make that clucky sound when i put out food and they would come running. of course, i have banty chickens so you can imagine how fast they out grew her...anyways, all 5 ducks are still healthy and happy.
brt9112007 2 days ago
Ok this is what happens when you have dyslexia. When you said "I've candled the eggs" I thought you wrote "I CANDIED the eggs." Scared myself for a second.
lmbarak 6 months ago
One of my ducks bred out a chicken one time ;u;
electricbolts 6 months ago
Ok thanks
emilym6666 7 months ago
Wat kind of hen is that I have the exactly the same but I just don't no wat it is
emilym6666 7 months ago
@emilym6666 Hi she was a mixed breed hen not purebreed, a bit of Maran & a bit of Light Sussex if I remember rightly, it was a while ago.
myjugsarehuge 7 months ago
I really like your video :D
I bought some hatching eggs on he 30th May, and the hen that is siting on them now didnt start sitting in them until about a week and a half later. however before she sat on them the other hens sat on the eggs from time to time. So i was wondering now she has sat n them completely will they hatch?
MissSAS123 8 months ago
@MissSAS123 Hi, sadly probably they won't, they take 20-22 days to hatch. Hatching eggs have to be stored somewhere cool and turned 1/4 turn over and back twice a day to prevent the yolk sticking to the inside of the shell. If these eggs were left in a nest and hens sat on them now and again the embryos probably developed and then died when the hens got off. Best to keep hatching eggs back until a hen is truly "broody" and put her in a small pen alone to hatch the eggs out. Best of luck OK
myjugsarehuge 8 months ago
@myjugsarehuge Hi Thank you ! I have an update on the eggs, just after left my first comment, I thought I would go and check on the broody hen who was sitting on the eggs, so I looked in and and three heads popped out her wing!! I was so exited! My dad said that the mother and chicks and remaining eggs had to be away from the rest of the flock of chickens, so last night we built a pen for her and the remaining eggs and chicks to live in for a while. Thanks again, sorry I didn't reply sooner :)
MissSAS123 8 months ago
lol dude i can't even touch my brood hen , they get very angry when i touch :D
streetplayer1987 8 months ago
@streetplayer1987 Yeah some are a bit fierce defending their eggs lol, she was a sweet hen.
myjugsarehuge 8 months ago
lol..so cute...
svetlanalupesku 8 months ago
lol. I have a silkie hen sitting on duck eggs right now.
I moved them from the incubator to her they seem to be alive(so far)
Nikkie3V 9 months ago
I has a pet chicken!!!!!!
neko65o 10 months ago
i have a hen that looks like that(:
Angelnot95 10 months ago
cool
cool
cool
Fantage123ful 10 months ago
@Fantage123ful thanks, this is a very old video, I have 2 different broody hens right now hatching eggs out and will post new videos soon
myjugsarehuge 10 months ago
@myjugsarehuge ok do u have any videos that have cute chicks
Fantage123ful 10 months ago
@Fantage123ful I have a quite a few if you look back through my videos, the last one I posted was of chicks hatching in my incubator, also one of Brahma chicks last year. Just check out my videos and you will see them.
myjugsarehuge 10 months ago
thats soo cute my hen looks the same and she got clucky for the first time and then all her sisters joined in... sitting on nothing at all...
MsFxgt 1 year ago
@MsFxgt sounds about right !
myjugsarehuge 1 year ago
She is so cute. I really miss my girls (my four hens I had to get rid of this spring). We relocated into city limits, in a town, so I had to find a home for my girls. but the guy I gave them too already had 1 of them named before he left so I feel pretty confident about it. I still miss them tho, chickens are bright, loveable, cute, funny creatures that people take for granted. She's beautiful.
vodyannoi 1 year ago
what kind of hen is that?
chipman5 1 year ago
@chipman5 she was an offspring of our Light Sussex cockerel (rooster) and a small black hen we acquired. Not a specific breed as such.
myjugsarehuge 1 year ago
@myjugsarehuge Looks like my magpie - some people call them reverse sussex too. Bit late like but :)
chrisrmarks 1 year ago
i have a hen just like that,she lays eggs and sits on them.but the next day they are eaten. :(
Vazula677 1 year ago
Do you know what is eating them? Sometimes other hens eat eggs, this is a bad habit. Are you sure she is broody? All hens lay eggs then wander off.
myjugsarehuge 1 year ago
@Vazula677 Well I Used To Have Alot Chicken But Now I Only Have 2 And When A Chicken Lays A Eggs Then Other Chicken Eat It.....
PSNCheyTaCDevildog 1 year ago
thats so cool! how old is she?
URAbunnylover2 2 years ago 2
she died last year I'm afraid :( She was about 2 years old when I took the video, we was always going broody
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
aahh...sad...was she sick or something??
quinnbeeloved 2 years ago 2
She had a feather louse infestation and sadly succumbed before we realised how weak she was. It didn't help being broody because the hens don't preen or dust bathe they just sit tight. The lice can live in cracks in the wood and the first sign of warmth (ie the hen) they are all over it sucking the blood. I only realised when my hands were covered in them and it was too late.
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
Annoying a broody hen is hard to not do.
nortalus 2 years ago 2
what does broody mean..
JudyWonn 2 years ago
@JudyWonn broody simply means when the hen decides she wants to sit on eggs and hatch them out. It doesn't have to be her eggs, this hen is hatching ducklings. Most hens never go broody the tendency been bred out of them because they don't lay eggs during the 3 week they are sitting on the eggs and the 6 weeks rearing the chicks. Very inconvenient if you don't want chicks.
myjugsarehuge 1 year ago
i got some ex-battery hens and they dont even lay well
stramz10 2 years ago
Battery hens are bred to lay an egg every day for 1 year, then they are usually made into chicken pie.
They never go broody, producers don't want hens that go broody they want productive hens that lay lots of eggs. By the time they are "discarded" and well meaning people like yourselves (and me) take them on their laying days are virtually over
If you want good laying hens buy Light Sussex point of lay (ie 16 weeks old) if you want broodies but don't mind less eggs buy Silkie/Silkie crosses
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
@myjugsarehuge i would say if i got out of a cage after all my life
the lfirst thing ild be lookin for would be ablade of grass or a worm along with it
then imight think aboute going broody
trialprice 1 year ago
is there any way to make the hen broody , i let them run around in my garden so there free range but how can i make them broody ?
stramz10 2 years ago
No sadly not, they either do or they don't, you can't make them. Some breeds go broody, some never do. Silkies go broody very easily, most of my hens have Silkie genes in them somewhere along the line. The hen in this video her father mother was a Silkie crossed with a Light Sussex cockerel.
Ordinary "laying" hens have had the broodiness bred out of them because broody hens don't lay eggs once they are sitting and people don't usually want that, they want hens to lay lots of eggs to eat
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
apart from chickens mating how can i tell if the chicken is trying to hatch fertile eggs
stramz10 2 years ago
If the cock and hen have mated the eggs should be fertile but at around 9-10 days after she starts sitting you can candle the eggs (shine a bright torch through the egg in a darkened room) you should see blood vessels clearly so you know a chick is developing. Hen eggs take around 20-22 days to hatch, duck eggs 26-28 days.
If you intend putting fertile eggs under a broody keep them back and put them all under on the same day, that way they all hatch together.
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
I have a question does anyone know when chickens reach their full height????
danger7x7 2 years ago
Hens are fully grown by about 5-6 months of age, cockerels can take 12 months to mature fully, gain their tail plumes and grow their spurs etc.
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
hey, ur eggs hatched on my b'day!
nuggetwetyou 2 years ago
thats nice !
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
Hey, I can't seem to find an update -- how did it go? I have a broody hen and no roosters, so her eggs are not fertile, but a friend of mine has ducks laying fertile eggs. We are thinking about giving her a couple of duck eggs. Any suggestions? Will we end up with ducks that don't know how to swim? We have no ducks, only six hens.
nmrosebennett 2 years ago
"Will we end up with ducks that don't know how to swim? lol
Declan1205 2 years ago
lol indeed
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
My broody hen pecks me when i get near lol
robirlanda 2 years ago
This hen sadly died earlier this year, her daughter is currently brooding 7 eggs and is so fierce, you can't get near her she pecks so hard. I have a white silky cross that lets you stroke her and take eggs away without pecking. Funny how they are all different?
myjugsarehuge 2 years ago
Hi a question to the maker of this vid. My hen just went broody again..the last time I took her eggs she went into a depressed state did not lay for the rest of the season..she lost her fethers , she was stressed. Now this year she is at it again our plan is to replace her eggs with fake ones and let her sit..then at 21 days or so sneak a chick what do you think would it work? could I sneak a chick sooner? what are your reconmendations? we are hoping she gives up. but for now we will see.
WhatAchickado 3 years ago
You can either put a few unfertile (shop) eggs under her and leave her sitting till she gives up (takes weeks) or why not let her hatch a few out?
Presumably you have fertile eggs if you are going to have a chick to "sneak under her" or do you buy in "day old chicks". If you buy chicks they give it a try, pop 2 or 3 under at around day 18 maybe but leave the eggs she is sitting on for a couple of days to keep in her attention focused on brooding as she won't hear them "cheeping" as they hatch
myjugsarehuge 3 years ago
Just don't take all of them away...or you could buy some fertilized duck eggs to replace them with and see how she does raising some ducklings!
I wish I could be on a farm again. There were things fun about it and rewarding...a lot of work too...
ReuWil 2 years ago
Will a chicken go into a kind of depression if you take their eggs from them? I mean, we want to sell/eat our chickens' eggs, but we don't want to upset them.
Will we need to buy fake eggs or anything?
HelloThar9 3 years ago
Most hens lay an egg ever day and wander away so you can just collect the eggs every day. Very occasionaly some hens go "broody" where sit tight for 21 days to hatch them out. Silkie hens are prone to this.
If your hen goes broody you can keep taking the eggs every day, they don't mind sitting on nothing but use fake eggs if you like. If you left real eggs for a few days under her the chicks would develop. Not good to eat. Eventually she will stop being broody.
myjugsarehuge 3 years ago
So its pretty much alright to take their eggs?
Alrighty, thanks =]
HelloThar9 3 years ago
That is a happy sight.
I'll have to send a video of Loopy on her two. We have two eggs numbered under her because there are new ones donated by the other girls every day. Should be hatching within a couple of weeks. I'm going to Disneyland the first week of June and I don't want to miss a day of ducklings. But that's how the cookie crumbles.
boombella 3 years ago 2
We put a spot of nail varnish on the ones to be "hatched". The other hens laid by the in the shed and we just gathered up all the unmarked ones. Now she is on her own its not a problem.
myjugsarehuge 3 years ago
I posted a video of me candling the 21 day old eggs. I don't know.... Is there anything going on in there?
boombella 3 years ago
Bet that's amazing with a sound surround system - otherwise it's just plain cute!
Paulmanorbier 3 years ago 2
its the first time this hen has gone broody, its so instinctive one day they just are. Hope she doesn't mind they will be ducklings not chicks !
myjugsarehuge 3 years ago
I love ducks. be sure she doesn't add an egg.My broody hen did that, unbeknown to me, and I ended up with a mad hand reared battam cock, who thought he was human, He mainly courted wellington boots and had a great dislike to certain people. Do you still want guinea eggs? I can ask tomorrow evening if you want.
yellowlabrador 3 years ago 2
I've been reading up on the Guineas and they are quite noisy and like to roost up trees. Be no good for the B&B guests trying to have a lie in lol so I'll give it a miss. Thanks for remembering.
myjugsarehuge 3 years ago
good luck, I like ducklings, but I have resisted the urge, (so far)to sneak a few duck eggs under a broody. I look forward to hatching day with fingers crossed.
DrSlippers 3 years ago 2