A Broody Hen Season: Part 6 Gaining Confidence

[@shadowofdancingleaf]

This series never fails to put a smile on my face. I love watching your hens and chicks, and also learning about them. Thanks for sharing!

[@EnglishCountryLife]

I'm so glad that you like them

[@awesomekids5584]

I like every hen it is so cute

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thank you!

[@awesomekids5584]

@@EnglishCountryLife omg you reply best day ever I hope you get to 1M sub love your videos

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Thanks for sharing a fun video. It was great to look back at your Buffs. Our Buffs are now three months and are getting so big! Cheers from Minnesota! Rich & Holly

[@EnglishCountryLife]

They suddenly turn from chicks to full grown chickens don't they?

[@akib2542]

The perfect series at the perfect time. My hens hatched 4 chicks over the weekend.. they're absolutely adorable and the mother hens are so amazing at looking after them.. they're already running around in the run and I'll start letting them out into the garden, supervised, next week..

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Fantastic, enjoy them!

[@Andrew.Croft.]

Thanks for this series and thanks for your help a few weeks ago about chicken bullying, pecking order is a lot calmer, the bully hen is no longer the queen of the roost after it picked on its 2nd in command and lost all its confidence in 5 seconds, chickens are a learning curve for sure, your videos are very informative and great work, sorry to hear about the loss of your girls

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thanks so much Andrew. Sadly all animals do die, and getting used to it is part of the deal, although it never gets easy. So glad that yours have settled down!

[@kellymorgan4783]

Thank you for this incredibly easy to follow series of videos - I'm finally feeling ready to let my hens brood and expand my little flock of 4 hens and a rooster. THANK YOU

[@EnglishCountryLife]

That's lovely of you Kelly - please let us know how your hens get on when they brood?

[@kellymorgan4783]

@@EnglishCountryLife I sure will! Thank you so much for giving me the courage and confidence 💕

[@kauemoura]

I love to brew my coffee and sit in front of my computer to watch these

[@EnglishCountryLife]

We brew our coffee & sit in the garden & watch the chicks - so same thing really 😁

[@donnapemberton8100]

Loved watching this series of videos and listening to the podcast, Thank you so much for sharing Cinnamon’s journey, 🐓🪵🌳

[@EnglishCountryLife]

So glad that you're enjoying it Donna 🙂

[@Deafgreekboy]

Hello from Alaska! I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks for what you are doing!

[@EnglishCountryLife]

That's lovely of you Peter - thank you!

[@randallmitchell6164]

Thanks! Very educational

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thanks Randall!

[@andreazimmerman6166]

Thank you for your time and information! I find it really helpful!!! Muah love ya doll.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

You are so welcome!

[@BARBSCOUNTRYHOME999]

Such great advice! 😉

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thank you Barb!

[@rosemarysmith6255]

I love your video. I'm always happy to see when there is a new one.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thank you Rosemary!

[@justintime6346]

Nice video 😊 I give it a thumbs up! I'm researching raising chicks and or chickens! Thank you for your channel!

[@EnglishCountryLife]

I'm so glad that you liked it!

[@jasoncsking]

Looking forward to Part 11: roasting

[@EnglishCountryLife]

We generally cull surplus cockerels at maturity of around 26 weeks so that's a while away

[@Alex-gn6ke]

I recently got a buff Orpington that’s approx 20 weeks old. At what point in your Orpington’s do you expect their first egg?

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Hi Alex 26 weeks is a good average but anywhere from 24 to 30 weeks.

[@eugenebusico2252]

Great Content. :) Hopefully I can raise some of your breeds here in the Philippines.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

I hope so too!

[@jakobpetrov1750]

Hello again, 6 of our chicks have hatched last sunday and one hatched 4 days later then the others now he is 3 days old and cant run around like other 6 chicks so i put him alone with the mother hen otherwise she doesent mind him and just pays atention to other chicks. Do you think this is ok or is it wrong to do this ?

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Its always difficult Jakob. If you have a brooder or heat lamp I would keep the late chick warm in that & leave the broody with the six chicks. If you keep the hen away from the other chicks she might not take them back. If you have no brooder, consider keeping the hen & 7 chicks confined until the late chick can keep up.

[@jakobpetrov1750]

@@EnglishCountryLife well they are not seperated all the time they hear each other and i let them be together few times a day

[@bayleylb]

What do you do with all of your males?

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Hi Bayley. Because we have a good reputation, we pass a number along to other breeders to improve their bloodlines or to people new to breeding. The rest we grow on to maturity and they become table birds.

[@bayleylb]

@@EnglishCountryLife that’s good to know, thank you. Are they mostly males out of a hatch? I’m going to hatch some gold tops soon under my silkie but I’m not so sure what I’m going to do with all the males. I would like to sell them on if I can.