Right? It is the sweetest thing to watch her. They are so protective and I'm always amazed at how a tiny little hen can puff up so big to protect her chicks. The dogs even know not to come near her when she has chicks LOL!
Thank you for this. I have a broddy hen who is 7 months old buff and she has been on the nest for nine days. She so far is diligent about her job. This video helped me figure a way to keep chicks and mom seperate for a few days with little trouble. God bless!
oh how adorable i loved this video what a beautiful thing momma's are so darned cute teaching the talking to her babies ive never seen that before now i want a bunch of hens lol Would we need one Hen and one rooster to start the population? Tina my grandchildren were so interested in the entire video, This is what all children need instead of technology these days this is good clean teaching Thank you for another great video
Hey Kathy! Yep just one egg laying hen & one rooster will do it. But not all hens are “broody.” Some lay the egg and want nothing to do with it after that. If you find a broody hen, she’s a prize to hold onto! We’ve only had 3 go broody in the 6 yrs we’ve been homesteading. If she won’t sit on the eggs, just get an incubator like we do.😊
This is great! Exactly what I needed to know right now as I have a Broody hen sitting on two eggs. She started the same day I started to incubate 16 eggs .Of all goes well, I will definitely try to get her to adopt the incubated chicks
Hi My name is Angela. I am new to your channel. It was very helpful and a blessing to watch this video. I think we have 48 chickens. We lost a couple of hens this summer to the heat. We had over twenty five hens, until the spring. In the spring me and my two younger children got 26 chicks. Out of the 26 chicks, we ended up with five Roosters. So we are now getting fertilized eggs. We have a Wyandotte hen that is very broody and is seeming to be a good mama. We have a Australorp hen that was a really good brooder. A chick of hers hatched. Didn’t make it though. Still 8 more eggs are fertile. Yet she quit brooding. The Wyandotte has 6 more fertile eggs under her. So I am praying for another hen to brood on the 8. We don’t have an incubator, since this is all has just began. Waiting and praying for more hens to brood.
Hi Angela! Welcome to our channel! Yes it is very rewarding having a flock especially if you can get a couple to a few broody mamas! Makes it so much easier on us because they do all the work for us! 😉
on day 19 take the eggs out of the incubator and put them under the broody hen in 2 days the chicks will hatch and the hen will think she did that and will take care of them i have been doing this for years it works.
Beautiful, I just had my first broody hen hatch 10 chicks so far she's still has a few eggs under her.We just noticed they hatch ed this morning I'm gonna leave her for another24 hours to see if the rest of her eggs will hatch out. I'm a new Momma Chicken Lover and still have questions such as when I can move momma and chicks to a safe and dry place rite now she is under our Eve of our garage and it is November7 th I know the cols weather will be back in 2 days so I have to move them by tomorrow evening and get them under a heat lamp.Any suggestions would be appreciated😊Thank you for your adorable video. I'm learning from you and others I can find to help my bloody momma and her chicks survive the cols that is definitely coming soon💗💗💗
Hi Darlene! You can move mama & babies. As long as you do it quickly & keep them together, you should be fine. Get a box or something to transport them all at once so you don’t separate the chicks from mama.☺️ Good luck! I love broody hens…so sweet to watch!🤍🤍
@@HomeFreeAlaska Thank you I will move them today have found a dog cage and bought some bedding to put in the bottom, I have 5 other hens and two roosters, in the old barn I think I will put them in with the others only baby chicks will be lin dog cage I will leave the door open for Broody Momma can come and go. She still has a few eggs shis sitting on with the baby chicks, I don't think they will hatch since it has been 24 hours since I noticed the other chicks yesterday morning 😊 I love my chicken s never thought I would be a chicken momma . I love watching them and spoiling them the roosters are kinda of moody they take my kindness for granted.. Thank you for getting back to me. Hope you and yours have a wonderful day and Blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas ❤️😊🐤
@@darlenebell2345 haha yes roasters can be that way!😂 Sounds like you’re a good chicken mama! Chickens are wonderful. So easy to take care of and they give so much back!😊
I figure that in order for me to keep a flock of 20 hens and 2 roosters I need to let a broody ( or two ) keep about 10 or 12 eggs total per year. I replace or retire hens when after their fourth year since they are probably only from 40% - 60% as productive of layers as they once were by then. To do this, I need 1/4th (in rotation, 1/4th per year for four years and I've replaced them all) of the flock size to replace them with (5), but about half of the new chicks will be rooster chicks, so I shoot for 10 chicks total and turn the roosters into meat birds (the old hens are turned to soup birds). Also, I always lose a few to various things too; last year, one got out and was hit by a car, one got stuck in a rose bush like Velcro and I didn't notice in time, and one just disappeared, hawk maybe? So this year, I need 8 hens rather than 5. I don't replace my own roosters either, I like to get my roosters from outside of the flock to eliminate inbreeding. I try to let a broody sit while I know that the farm stores will have chicks too. When my brood hatches I usually have a good hatch rate, but seldom is it 100%, if a couple don't hatch, I run right to the feed store that day and buy how many chicks I still need, straight run if I want a new rooster, pullets if I don't, and slip them in after dark just as you have. You want to look for the freshest chicks to arrive at the store and not use any that have been there for a few too many days. I almost never have had a mother refuse the chicks, but I have more often had chicks that got too used to lights and don't run as often under mom as they should. Ten years ago and for many years before, I had 100 - 200 yard birds, and I used basically the same formula proportionally. *By 'retired' I mean that if I find a really good mother hen, especially one that gets broody often every Spring, I'll keep her around but not count her as part of the 20. When I had a much larger flock, instead of buying so many at the store, by early Summer I would know how many hatched, how many survived as chicks, and how many were males, then I'd let another brood or two go to fine tune my target numbers.
Dang Brad...you got your stuff together my friend haha!!! You got the ratios down and everything! That's awesome...we haven't bought laying hens for over 3 yrs. We just make our own, either with incubating or if we get lucky and have a broody hen. Great way to keep the flock up! Thanks for your insight and tips from your homestead. And thanks for watching & supporting my channel :)
@@HomeFreeAlaska I could supply all of my own chicks easily too, I just don't because I buy so few any more. Like 2, or 3, or 4, a year at most and that's about the right amount to keep trying new breeds that I'm curious about or had in the past and liked, and to swap out roosters once some of the flock are their own offspring. All that for like $10 - $20 a year. My homegrown chicks, I never am sure what breed they are (I usually know what they half are, like last year, they all are half one of two Welsumer rooster, sat on by an old Buff Orpington, but their biological mothers are all mystery mutts, except for the only two I did buy, and they're Midnight Majesty Marans, lol. I hear what you're saying too, and agree too, but instead of buying none when I need ten, I may still buy 2 at the right time by choice and kind of get the best parts of both philosophies.
@@bradpayn8058 oh yeah I totally agree with you! And I agree as well that ya end up with a bunch of “mutts” lol! And really chicks aren’t that expensive anyway right?! 😉
She did not unfortunately. I have an update to that video coming soon...just waiting for the rest of the chicks to hatch from our 2nd broody hen so I can show you guys her babies as well. :) But yeah I came out one morning & the little deformed one was dead in the grass :( I wasn't too sure about her...
This could not have been any sweeter. Loved seeing the proud mama with her chicks!!
Right? It is the sweetest thing to watch her. They are so protective and I'm always amazed at how a tiny little hen can puff up so big to protect her chicks. The dogs even know not to come near her when she has chicks LOL!
Nice to see your broody hen. Thanx for sharing 😊😊😊
Thank you for this. I have a broddy hen who is 7 months old buff and she has been on the nest for nine days. She so far is diligent about her job. This video helped me figure a way to keep chicks and mom seperate for a few days with little trouble. God bless!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your new chicks!😊
oh how adorable i loved this video what a beautiful thing momma's are so darned cute teaching the talking to her babies ive never seen that before now i want a bunch of hens lol Would we need one Hen and one rooster to start the population? Tina my grandchildren were so interested in the entire video, This is what all children need instead of technology these days this is good clean teaching Thank you for another great video
Hey Kathy! Yep just one egg laying hen & one rooster will do it. But not all hens are “broody.” Some lay the egg and want nothing to do with it after that. If you find a broody hen, she’s a prize to hold onto! We’ve only had 3 go broody in the 6 yrs we’ve been homesteading. If she won’t sit on the eggs, just get an incubator like we do.😊
This is great! Exactly what I needed to know right now as I have a Broody hen sitting on two eggs. She started the same day I started to incubate 16 eggs .Of all goes well, I will definitely try to get her to adopt the incubated chicks
Good luck!☺️
Hi My name is Angela. I am new to your channel. It was very helpful and a blessing to watch this video. I think we have 48 chickens. We lost a couple of hens this summer to the heat. We had over twenty five hens, until the spring. In the spring me and my two younger children got 26 chicks. Out of the 26 chicks, we ended up with five Roosters. So we are now getting fertilized eggs. We have a Wyandotte hen that is very broody and is seeming to be a good mama. We have a Australorp hen that was a really good brooder. A chick of hers hatched. Didn’t make it though. Still 8 more eggs are fertile. Yet she quit brooding. The Wyandotte has 6 more fertile eggs under her. So I am praying for another hen to brood on the 8. We don’t have an incubator, since this is all has just began. Waiting and praying for more hens to brood.
Hi Angela! Welcome to our channel! Yes it is very rewarding having a flock especially if you can get a couple to a few broody mamas! Makes it so much easier on us because they do all the work for us! 😉
Good job on the video. Very exciting.
oh my gosh guys that was so sweet!!!! I hope to do the same this year with mine. Thanks for sharing God Bless
You should! It's just precious having all these chicks running around...and we never buy hens. We just grow our own. :)
Thank you for this video. It's the best video I've ever seen. ❤
Wow, thank you!
I’ve got eggs hatching in the incubator right now. Hoping I can try the adoption method for brooding. Thanks for the great video!
Awesome! We were very happy when our hen graciously adopted the incubated chicks. Makes it so much more convenient for us! 😉
on day 19 take the eggs out of the incubator and put them under the broody hen in 2 days the chicks will hatch and the hen will think she did that and will take care of them i have been doing this for years it works.
Did anyone else notice the subtitles when she asked the cat “what is that?” It read “dinner” like the cat answered. At 10:30
That's a beautiful mama chicken
Thank you! She is a sweet girl for sure! 💗
thank you for this info
There so precious
yes they are! :)
Beautiful, I just had my first broody hen hatch 10 chicks so far she's still has a few eggs under her.We just noticed they hatch ed this morning I'm gonna leave her for another24 hours to see if the rest of her eggs will hatch out. I'm a new Momma Chicken Lover and still have questions such as when I can move momma and chicks to a safe and dry place rite now she is under our Eve of our garage and it is November7 th I know the cols weather will be back in 2 days so I have to move them by tomorrow evening and get them under a heat lamp.Any suggestions would be appreciated😊Thank you for your adorable video. I'm learning from you and others I can find to help my bloody momma and her chicks survive the cols that is definitely coming soon💗💗💗
Hi Darlene! You can move mama & babies. As long as you do it quickly & keep them together, you should be fine. Get a box or something to transport them all at once so you don’t separate the chicks from mama.☺️ Good luck! I love broody hens…so sweet to watch!🤍🤍
@@HomeFreeAlaska Thank you I will move them today have found a dog cage and bought some bedding to put in the bottom, I have 5 other hens and two roosters, in the old barn I think I will put them in with the others only baby chicks will be lin dog cage I will leave the door open for Broody Momma can come and go. She still has a few eggs shis sitting on with the baby chicks, I don't think they will hatch since it has been 24 hours since I noticed the other chicks yesterday morning 😊 I love my chicken s never thought I would be a chicken momma . I love watching them and spoiling them the roosters are kinda of moody they take my kindness for granted.. Thank you for getting back to me. Hope you and yours have a wonderful day and Blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas ❤️😊🐤
@@darlenebell2345 haha yes roasters can be that way!😂 Sounds like you’re a good chicken mama! Chickens are wonderful. So easy to take care of and they give so much back!😊
I figure that in order for me to keep a flock of 20 hens and 2 roosters I need to let a broody ( or two ) keep about 10 or 12 eggs total per year. I replace or retire hens when after their fourth year since they are probably only from 40% - 60% as productive of layers as they once were by then. To do this, I need 1/4th (in rotation, 1/4th per year for four years and I've replaced them all) of the flock size to replace them with (5), but about half of the new chicks will be rooster chicks, so I shoot for 10 chicks total and turn the roosters into meat birds (the old hens are turned to soup birds). Also, I always lose a few to various things too; last year, one got out and was hit by a car, one got stuck in a rose bush like Velcro and I didn't notice in time, and one just disappeared, hawk maybe? So this year, I need 8 hens rather than 5. I don't replace my own roosters either, I like to get my roosters from outside of the flock to eliminate inbreeding. I try to let a broody sit while I know that the farm stores will have chicks too. When my brood hatches I usually have a good hatch rate, but seldom is it 100%, if a couple don't hatch, I run right to the feed store that day and buy how many chicks I still need, straight run if I want a new rooster, pullets if I don't, and slip them in after dark just as you have. You want to look for the freshest chicks to arrive at the store and not use any that have been there for a few too many days. I almost never have had a mother refuse the chicks, but I have more often had chicks that got too used to lights and don't run as often under mom as they should. Ten years ago and for many years before, I had 100 - 200 yard birds, and I used basically the same formula proportionally.
*By 'retired' I mean that if I find a really good mother hen, especially one that gets broody often every Spring, I'll keep her around but not count her as part of the 20. When I had a much larger flock, instead of buying so many at the store, by early Summer I would know how many hatched, how many survived as chicks, and how many were males, then I'd let another brood or two go to fine tune my target numbers.
Dang Brad...you got your stuff together my friend haha!!! You got the ratios down and everything! That's awesome...we haven't bought laying hens for over 3 yrs. We just make our own, either with incubating or if we get lucky and have a broody hen. Great way to keep the flock up! Thanks for your insight and tips from your homestead. And thanks for watching & supporting my channel :)
@@HomeFreeAlaska I could supply all of my own chicks easily too, I just don't because I buy so few any more. Like 2, or 3, or 4, a year at most and that's about the right amount to keep trying new breeds that I'm curious about or had in the past and liked, and to swap out roosters once some of the flock are their own offspring. All that for like $10 - $20 a year. My homegrown chicks, I never am sure what breed they are (I usually know what they half are, like last year, they all are half one of two Welsumer rooster, sat on by an old Buff Orpington, but their biological mothers are all mystery mutts, except for the only two I did buy, and they're Midnight Majesty Marans, lol. I hear what you're saying too, and agree too, but instead of buying none when I need ten, I may still buy 2 at the right time by choice and kind of get the best parts of both philosophies.
@@bradpayn8058 oh yeah I totally agree with you! And I agree as well that ya end up with a bunch of “mutts” lol! And really chicks aren’t that expensive anyway right?! 😉
Did the deformed one make it? I didn't see it at the end of the video.
She did not unfortunately. I have an update to that video coming soon...just waiting for the rest of the chicks to hatch from our 2nd broody hen so I can show you guys her babies as well. :) But yeah I came out one morning & the little deformed one was dead in the grass :( I wasn't too sure about her...
Mom a hen will adopt the chicks while sitting on the other eggs
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You should have put the egg shells in at the same time , more natural , 🐣❤️
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