CRAZIEST Chicken Hatching Out Story You Will EVER Hear
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Homesteading is exciting and also heartbreaking. Tom, I love the care and attention you show to all of your animals.
I had two broody hens sitting on 20 eggs. They actually took care of the chicks together. It was so cool
From what I have seen on other channels most put their baby chicks up in a separate place with a heat light in some kind of container until they are older and have feathers. I personally think it's safer for the chicks. Less likely that predators will get them while they are so small. I love the fact that you had a chick hospital. You actually showed people with a little love and tenderness you can save a life. A good person ro communicate with about chickens is Cassie Walker from Walker Farm Fam. She has a lot of chickens and hatches her own. Keep on keeping on. You will learn as you go. Much love from Wisconsin ❤
Thank you for sharing the real-life story! We just hatched out 11 eggs and my two broody hens killed 3 and injured one before I could get them out. Saved the injured one and two others hatched by the mamas and then hatched out two more. One started hatching but then stopped and it no longer living and then two eggs that still haven't hatched, but only at day 21. It's the most beautiful process but also includes death and heartache. Again, thanks for sharing the real-life version of having chickens.
Just a note from what I’ve experienced myself. These mummas get very protective and really benefit from having their own space and it prevents accidental or even deliberate squashing or pecking on chicks from other mothers. Also a hard boiled egg mashed up finely is the best start you can give new chickens. Good luck in the future and god bless
We had a broody mama hatch out at the same time as you! Something we did which I think helped, was we put a little cat carrier in the coop and let that be our “maternity ward” so to speak. We moved her eggs and her to it at night and she took right to it. This way, she wouldn’t switch nesting boxes on us! Also, broodiness is contagious, so be sure to collect eggs a couple times a day to ensure no one else tries to go broody. Our mama hatched out both eggs we let her sit on (we candled at 10 days and 2 weren’t viable so we removed them) and she is raising them so well with the entire flock. Just some thoughts since we went through it for the first time also!
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Sorry for the losses Tom. I had a broody girl last season that hatched out 5 on her own. I ended with only one girl. The others disappeared. I am not sure if they were killed by the chickens or if they were taken off by some critters in the woods. I need to get an incubator and I am going to look into the one you have. Thanks for sharing as always and I hope all is well! God Bless brother!
The feather brain u tube channel has some really excellent advise for chicken behaviour and how to best care for them and their chicks
I have the exact same dog crate I use, for this reason but I put a tad bit smaller Large Rubbermaid storage container inside the metal “lockable crate” to keep them babies safe from”other hens” & have had great success so far. That being said when I had polish sisters go broody together in corner of the garage. Who had been fighting off my highlander hens, I was taking the babies & putting them in a brooder for a few reasons but honestly main reason was I was just so excited “1st experience with broody hens. But I didn’t give them a chance to get jealous or territorial or why ever they may get mean shortly after hatching out eggs. 🤷🏻♂️ learned from that experience & decided the lockable dog crate with big plastic crate inside it was a good idea. The next hatching hatched 14/15. Sometime this week going to have to take nest box out of separation pin & put in the broody momma area for a fresh start again 👍🏽 all said & done Im using 5gallon buckets now as nest boxes “that’s what they wanted to lay in🤷🏻♂️” have literally 14 nest boxes 5 different kinds they chose to fight over a few 5gallon buckets lol so I added a few more. So it’s as easy as grabbing the handle moving the bucket “with hen on top of the eggs in the bucket” soon as you notice eggs starting to hatch. Move to a safe place I use a metal lockable dog crate with storage container in it after they have mostly or all hatched. Slowly turn nest on its side. & of course you have all fresh bedding down food bowl & waterer in opposite corners & Bam they’re good for a month in the container “locked away from harm, plastic container keeps them safe from weather conditions “wind rain etc” all this happened last time when it was 20° outside and had absolutely no problems surprisingly Silky Momma is an amazing little hatching machine. Hope it goes this well this next time around here soon.. Hope you can & will use some of what I said & it helps. I think it makes the whole process a lil easier going & less stressful knowing they’re safe
Homesteading has a lot of ups and downs just like life does. I was thinking those eggs that didn’t hatch just needed more time. I’m glad you gave them a burial together. It was incredibly sad. But your healthy chicks are thriving! One thing you may consider is to put a few planks along the fence line so the baby chicks can’t get to the other side where their moms can’t protect them. I suspect that’s where the third chick is or where it met its end. Enjoy your channel hope you hatch out more chicks! What a terrific experience for your children.❤️🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
Goodness some peoples commenrs on here are.....something else. Its a LEARNING EXPERIENCE for most people and if everyone waited until they knee everything about raisibg chiciens BEFORE getting them, no one would get any. Sad but it happens, thank you for showing us so those of us who didnt know now know.
Angry dinosaur sounds are the best.
What a great effort you have made.
Thanks for sharing your story.
So nice of you, thank you!
It's sad that you couldn't save them all but you did save the ones you could so you did good and the Mama's did good too
HooRay! Thank you for sharing your chick adventures!
Anything can be possible. GOD is good. Thank you for sharing.
Sounds like your luck is going as well as mine 16 hatched yesterday and last one was almost ready to come out of the egg and electricity went out, I have a battery with inverter I hooked up to the incubator went out and got 2 smooth flat rocks about the size of my hand warmed them on the stove wrapped in a towel put the in w the other chicks and covered the top to keep warmth in, it was a long 2 hours.
I had two times two broody hens that wanted to sit in the same nest. When one mama goes out to eat, drink and poop the other one steal the eggs, this is not a problem until hatching day. You need to move every chick inside when it hatched so that the other broody hen doesn't peck it because she try to put all the chicks under her wings and all can hatch ( the broody hen stops to sit on the nest when the chicks start to walk around to eat)When all chicks from the eggs under one hen are hatched, or enough so that the other broody hen doesn't have too many eggs, you can move them with the mama in a space without other chickens & co. The first time they went broody one after the other, the second time together the same day ( when they get broody the same day it's a bit easier).
Oh, you shouldn't have moved them. But I'm not going to give y'all a hard time this is after all your first Mama hen or hens.
I am so happy you saved that one and then the others in the eggs!
I believe you could have left them in the nesting box chicks can jump good, if they were still in there on day three and the Mamas were on the move you could have just picked them up and out of there and come night the Mamas will pick a good spot for them.
Don't worry come fall when they want more babies you will know WAY more on what to do.
The last 3-5 days before hatch is called, lockdown. The mamas dont even roll their eggs aftef that. The chicks need to get in position inside the shell to be able to hatch out. Moving them like that disoriented the whole process. They would have been fine where there were. When they're a few days old, mama wants to take them outside
Put up a scarecrow, owls statues on poles and look up other devices..... blessings darlings from Granny Linda in OZ
Good video enjoyed it learned a little. Thanks
Every other videos like this that I've watched they keep the chicks separate from the hens until they are the same size so they don't get attacked.
Too many broody hens in the same spot, they need to be broody for a week or two before chicks show up whether you sneak them in or they hatch under them otherwise they think the chicks are a threat to the eggs. You're doing great though always a learning experience
Just wanted to say I have really been enjoying your videos. I was wondering though about one of your past videos.
With your chicken run. I was just wondering how the roof held up over the winter.
I've been thinking about doing a green house with that same kind of roof.
I know this year we didn't have much of a winter. At least where I'm at, but I'm up in Alpena. Not sure what part of Michigan you are at.
One time we had a broody hen who hatched some chicks, to our surprise. It was the best time ever watching her take care of them. It's funny how tiny little chicks that were hatched in the chicken house, can just immediately be with other hens. But, if you have to introduce chicks you bought from the store, you have to slowly introduce them. My assumption, just an assumption only, I think the hens could possibly need more space for their brood. I could be wrong, because I have no experience with more than one broody hen. Just a thought.+
I had the same problem-chicks die in shell during lockdown-15 chicks in incubation died on day 18---too low temp by 2 degrees last 3 days. I went and bought 3 thermometers-the next hatch perfect hatch.
That’s usually from too low of humidity, causing the embryo to get tough as leather for a baby chick trying to get out of the shell so it would be like breaking through a brick wall. Pour some warm/hot not too hot water on them softens the shell & loosens the embryo right up. You can use this method if you catch it in time of course. They dry out fast so got to catch it when it’s taking place or starts having complications
@@baddogcustoms7496 Humidity was at 60 percent ...plenty. You can dry hatch with lower.
You should'v count the days since they started sitting on the egges
This seemed not well planned 😢 That kennel seems small for 3 brooding hens and babies? Hopefully next time goes better.
Shouldn't move them after they've started sitting on eggs so ive seen on UA-cam, Honestly it can't be helped and nature is what it is it happens ,maybe if you do it again in the future make a nesting box per mommy and just close the chicken tractor to keep them safe
from what I've learned if you have more than 1 hen who have hatched out chicks normally the other hens will kill the chicks of the other hens in rare cases they don't hurt the chicks but me personally I just hatch my chicks out from one hen at a time and let the other hens do their thing i just don't let them sit on eggs
Protect any disabled older chicks from hawks.
Rookie Mistake, you couldve seperated 1 mama hen with 3 chicks, the other mamas is not ready thats why she is attacking the baby..stay to incubate remaining eggs
I like your chicken breeds, what kind of breed is this?
Your not suppose to move the eggs and chick's, I'm surprised they even set on them again
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😢my suggestion ta yu is if she's not tha mother keep her away from tha flock bc they won't support them so I'd suggest raise them yourself instead of a broody
Learned something didn't you? You don't move eggs and hens like that. They know their eggs. They know their chicks. They will attack any other.
plus, that is not a nesting box...that is a laying box.
@@user-zt1pq7hq6y I don't think the chickens care. They'll nest anywhere they feel comfortable and relatively safe
Wow, aren’t you being a little harsh? We all learn from experience. Judge not.
@@MorganBrunson Oh, but they do...WHEN GIVEN A CHOICE...did they have a choice an options-now that is the right question. Would a bird prefer a nest or glass jar. Would a chicken prefer straw or nails.
Aren’t you being a little harsh? Everyone has to experience the good and the bad. Tom, you’re doing a great job, don’t let the naysayers bring ya down!
Your not suppose to let the eggs get chilled either
there was a chick on the ground by the green coop 12:54
That was trash.
I didn’t see anything.
NEVER USE PERMANENT MARKER!!!!😡
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Separate em .
I had a chicken go broody, I let her have 12 eggs and wrote (c) on them, then a week later I had 2 more chickens go clucky so I gave them 10 each and wrote (s) and (p) on them, (c's) eggs hatched under all 3 of them and they all excepted them but the other 2 still had 2 weeks left so I got the chicks and put them under chicken (c) in a separate pen and that went well but than chicken (p) gave up on sitting on the eggs and went searching for the chicks, so I gave the chicks to her because she was try to get to them and put chicken (c) on her eggs and chicken (c) and (s) hatched the remaining eggs and they all lived happily ever after
Their names are cream, sparkles, and Phoenix
I mean this jokingly, so no hate. But I laughed when you used a stick to just budge the mama to see chicks, but your wife picked up the mama hen bare-handed to move her.