Broody chicken

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matron

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« on: July 17, 2008, 22:34 »
We have a broody chicken and rather than revert her at the moment we are contemplating getting some eggs for her to sit on.
As we have never done this before do we have to put her some where other than the main hen house and if so in what. How long do eggs normally take to hatch?
Thank you for any help.

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Poolfield2

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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 22:51 »
Hi Matron, we have just done our first broody chicken thing and it was brilliant. They take 21 days usually and yes it is best if she can be settled down in separate accomodation. We built our broody box out of 6 old cupboard doors from a dead kitchen and added on a separate run

It all worked fine 7 eggs, 7 chicks and now they are nearly 7 weeks old :lol:  :lol:

The only thing I'm not sure about is how late in the year you can successfully hatch but someone that knows a lot more will help soon I'm sure.

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upthetump

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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2008, 12:01 »
hi, ive only had chickens for 4 months and one has gone broody. I read on here somewhere to use golf balls. I put 6 under her in a nest box in the hen house and she sat for 4 days. I have now moved her into my tool shed and made a nest box out of a cardboard crisp box. I'll have to get some sort of run for her when/if they hatch, but shes fine at the moment.

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upthetump

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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2008, 12:02 »
obviously she is sitting on eggs now, not golf balls.  :roll:


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