Broody Hen Behavior and Feeding Chickens Alfalfa Hay

[@kats2563]

You are such a sweetheart, the chickens are too! I love chickens. They started out as a "I got a neat idea, let's raise chickens!" to... I need MORE!!!! I love them.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

+Kat S Thank you! Exactly how I feel. I couldn't imagine not having chickens in my life. Thanks for your comment :)

[@Southernlinda]

Beautiful video. I had two Japanese Black Tail Bantams and I let Jen set on some eggs. She hatched out 5 but lost one early on, then two weeks ago due to my being a bad mama, I let some varmint get my rooster, Brewster. I now have three little roos trying to learn to crow and one little pullet giggling at all of them. I loved watching you with the chickens. Thanks for sharing.

[@melissamcclafferty8356]

I love the way you talked to them and showed so much empathy!! I bet you take good care of them! I'd also like to have chickens someday as well and you just set a great example for me...thank you!!!

[@thekweewee]

Your hen has a lovely temperament and must really trust you. She was so calm when you picked her up!

[@dinajones7573]

I have one broody hen and now that's it's freezing out I'm glad to have her. She keeps the eggs from freezing.I have noticed that most of 8 chickens lay in same nest since winter hit. The favorite nest is in a small heavy rubber feed bowl. Sometimes there's two chickens in there,one wanting to lay and pushes brooder over, lays and leaves.

[@zeitgeistry]

i think it was sweet that you took her back in the nest box and gave her back the eggs, after she got attacked! i know you tried to get her not being a broody hen, but sometimes, showing kindness to them is the way, too!

[@MsAdriana154]

You're so nice to your chickens. I'm sure they love you. I'm glad there are nice people out there who don't see chickens as just a piece of meat.

[@ellaradenny5470]

I have 3 Rhode Island Reds which I love very much. They have become pets and each one has their on personality. I want 6 Barred Rock this year but afraid of how they will get along with my Reds. One of my Reds is very dominate. I can see how much you love yours. Thanks for sharing.

[@lydia41104]

awe thanks for sharing the video. My kids loved to see how the chicken wanted to have her babies.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Glad you likes it. I love watching them do that, they are so gentle and get the eggs tucked in so nicely.

[@Blue_Happiness]

Wonderful video. The way you talk to her. It touches my heart. 😢💖

[@therushden]

love the bit where you give her eggs and she shuffles them under herself, to keep warm. uber cute.

[@therealvirginiawind]

that was really cool watching the hen tuck her eggs under her. I've never seen that before.

[@RavenReedStarr]

I talk to my chickens in the same way! They are so sweet.

[@luiguiluigui6913]

That Was soo Sweet! She is so Sweet!

[@MobyDave1583]

Modoc gave a shouiout to you so I came snooping and liked what I seen so subbed. Back when I was a kid if my neighbours had a broody hen they called them cluckers and put them in a potatoe bag and hung them on the clothes line for a week or so. I never did like that stretegy lol. My dad had hens as well and we never done it.

[@Gardeninggirl1107]

Ah, so, so cute. I love chickens. You're so kind to them :)

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

She is a lovely girl. My broody hen has sat of five eggs for three weeks and they started to hatch today. Something happened to the first one to hatch it looked like a healthy chick but I found it dead under the hen. The second one is alive and peeping waiting over night to see if the other three hatch.

[@Buckrun11]

You have a beautiful flock of chickens.

[@Shyylo12]

What is the matter with that chicken (the one that attacked her) it is good that you gave her back the eggs.It look so cute when she tucks the eggs in!

[@wolfeyes7606]

Thank you so much! my orpy is broody right now and its driving me crazy

[@lospolloshermanos1863]

This was one of the most cutest sight I have ever seen in my life

[@LiminalLoki]

Oh my god the end was so cute I can't stand it.

[@homefarmideas]

Hi Shadow:) I just love your chicken videos!! One problem, there needs to be more of them:) LoL!! God Bless:)

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

They do sound funny when they first start to crow. Congrats on getting your first eggs :) chickens are so much fun!

[@best3boysrmine]

Aha! This is exactly what is going on with my chicken! Thanks for the video. My first broody chick and I was worried she was sick. But I think she's fine :)

[@mestreYoda]

yay great hens ! I want to see the babies hens , your channel is in my feed and I liked good bless you and whole family in brazil we do not have orpington !

[@whoknowswho7494]

I put false eggs underneath her. It's so natural, and I hate to distress them and force them to stop. Golf balls work too. No babies, and let her have her brood time, give her some peace of mind. She'll give up when it's time. That said, I love how you are with them. I call mine the most spoiled dinosaurs alive!! 🐔🦕

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

It will be so much fun at your house watching the mama hens raising their babies. They are so protective and attentive, I love it! All the best to you and your new additions. Thanks for watching :)

[@katzcradul]

Good video. Thanks. Pretty chickens.

[@winistan]

Really nice video .. I'm in a bit of a pickle and maybe you may be able to help. A few days ago a wild hen came to our house out of nowhere and decided to stay, no matter how many shoos and threats that we or anyone made to her she refused to leave so after seeing her persistence we decided to let her be and not mess with her. Now our house is in a suburban area where cats and maybe a few dogs (all stray) are extremely common however nobody ever thought a Hen would just waltz into our house like this and decide to stay just cuz she well... bloody well can. she is in the lawn area where she clearly enjoys herself a lot all day long but at night she jumps up on a thick branch of a small plant we have and sleeps on that. More over we have a mirror lying around near our garden so she spends most of her time in front of it and we've simply guessed she thinks it has some company or something. My mother has warmed up to her and feeds her regularly but I'm worried for the hen now cuz its very very cold at night so her being up on that tree would certainly freeze her. However we keep her well fed throughout the day so she can brave the cold at night. Any kind of advice will be appreciated. Regards.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

+ermistan Aww, so cool to have a stray hen pick your house to live. Chickens are at the bottom of the food chain. Everything wants to eat them or just kill them for the fun of it. They have horrible eyesight in the dark and really have no chance at night if something smells them and can get to them. During the day it is hard to be a chicken too if there are dogs, coyotes, etc around. If you want to keep her, I would suggest making her a safe enclosure to go into at night. Do you have a backyard where you could move her? She doesn't need a fancy place, just a secure structure like a rabbit cage to keep her safe at night. If you enclose her in a small area with the cage you want her to use, she will go into it by herself if you leave the door open. Once a chicken finds a safe place, or is kept in a certain place for a few days they will automatically go back to that same place every evening. So it would only take a few evenings of moving her into the cage you want her to go into, until she would go there by herself. And then you would just need to close the door each night to keep her safe.

[@winistan]

+Shadow of Juniper Hill Thank you ever so much , I will see what I can do to help her in the ways you have suggested.. Thank you once again for taking the time out to reply to my query in great detail. Have a great day!

[@kats2563]

+ermistan How did this ever end up working out? :) We get a lot of stray turkey's running through our property, but never had a stray chicken!

[@gardenvespers777]

Aww she wants to be a momma :-) . If I had hens I would talk to them the same way lol. It would be hard for me not to get attached to them. I guess that takes getting used to.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

LOL, I have had hens like that. A few days/nights in a wire cage (up off the ground) without any bedding will usually do the trick.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

It is the pecking order at work. The more dominant chickens will peck others when they are annoyed by them. If the chicken fights back and the other backs down, then she will be higher up in the pecking order. When you watch your chickens you will see who is on top and who is on the bottom. Sometimes the ones at the bottom need a little protection. I always feel sorry for the weaker ones. But that's nature :)

[@jahskl10]

I'm so stoned holly shit this was amazing

[@HyperKadaj]

Are those Buff Orpingtons? On a side note, my silkie finally went broody today. I'm certain she's sitting on one of her own eggs in addition to the two I gave her. I'm making plans to transfer her over to a safer spot; where she is now, I'm very worried. I've got a nest made for her, and I can set up a spot for it easily enough. Thanks to you, I know that merely transferring her once won't snap her out of broodiness. It'll make it that much more easy to get her situated.

[@KolyanRus22]

What a gorgeous hen)

[@goombabear]

Poor little broody chicken getting pecked. She's lovely and I am sure she would be a wonderful mamma. I can sympathesize, I am 43 and am broody too. Must be a phase.

[@Shyylo12]

I have 7 chickens one started laying not too long ago! The other two brother and sister but they're young.Also the rooster's noise is not so well, he is young though.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Yes, I have moved mine and they did fine.

[@kalilou2]

When I can afford to I will change. It makes you feel a bit cheated free range hens and eggs then to find out not organic doesn't it. The price is double for over here pets at home was the cheapest at £12 -13 for smaller bag Thanks for answering.

[@NewEnglandgardening]

wow they can be vicious. The other hen must see that as a sign of weakness to be just laying on the ground like that. I saw a video where the chickens go after mice. I didn't know they could do that.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thanks!, They usually start to lay at around 20 weeks of age.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Congrats on getting chickens! They are so much fun as I'm sure you see already:) and only a couple more months and you will be getting eggs. Thanks for watching!

[@jaadlafy9704]

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[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Congratulations! I am so glad to hear the eggs were fertile. It will be interesting to see what they look like. I hope we will see a video of them later :)

[@AamirKhan-dh9dr]

That was such a sweet video thanks for uploading :)

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

+Aamir Khan Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thank you!

[@mryvelazquez]

Great Video!!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

I know exactly what you mean, I have been through that phase many times myself. With my kids all grown up now, I need to have pets to mother :) thanks for commenting.

[@TheFishingGuideGuy]

do you need a rooster for hatching eggs, sorry im new to it

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thanks, I am glad you like the videos! I hope you get to hatch out some babies. Having a good broody hen is the key :) (or an incubator, lol) Some hens just never go broody but there are certain breeds that are more likely. For me, buff orpingtons and black australorps have been the ones to go broody and successfully hatch babies. I have plans to add more chicken videos, stay tuned! :)

[@souleatersandralee7]

how many chickens do you have and how many pounds do they eat per day?

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Oh yeah, they can be really mean to each other at times. The one coming into the coop didn't like how broody was acting. One of my older videos is of a couple of my chickens with a mouse that they caught too. They love meat!

[@lydiathurstan665]

is the broody hen a buff orpington?

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thank you so much for the sub! "Cluckers" is the perfect name for broody hens, lol. The thought of hanging one of my girls in a potato bag makes me cringe. I couldn't do that either. Thank you for stopping by and watching!

[@helloworld10990]

After four days of solitary confinement and isolation from the flock, my RIR has come out of her broody state.

[@NotTelling51]

I have a hen that will not snap out of it.. she's been broody for almost 2 months now. My rooster wishes she'd stop any day now!

[@TheJamiesjamiesjamie]

my hen just went broody today i didnt give her fertilies eggs yet becouse i am building a new shed and she is in a small coop with 3 nest and all the other hens i should have the shed build in 4 days will she stay on the nest for 4 days with all the others she is in the top of pecking oder so can handel the other hens so plzs plzs plzs reply will she stay on the nest for 4 days

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thank you :)

[@ALI-mn8tl]

Wow she is soo clean

[@kalilou2]

Is that organic I or gmo alfalfa. I've been feed mine with gmo crap nd dint no until I read the pack properly

[@Tarasmee]

What breed is she i want one like her!!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thank you for the kind comment!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Hi, this hen is a Buff Orpington and my experience is that they are above average on going broody. More than half of mine have gone broody at one time or another. Thanks for watching:)

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thank you, I get so much enjoyment from my chooks not to mention the eggs and garden fertilizer. There really is a true pecking order. I know which ones are in charge just by watching them and the hen that pecked my broody hen is one of them. They are pretty fascinating creatures. Thanks for the comment!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Sorry, I didn't see your comment until today. When a hen is a good broody, she will sit for quite a while, in my experience, for several weeks even without eggs. The hen in the video is still sitting tight on an empty nest.Some hens are better at sitting than others but your hen should stay on the nest. I would probably give her all the eggs now and let her start sitting on them and just move the eggs and the hen to the new location when you have it ready. Good luck!

[@cyrussebastian5385]

your hens are so fat and cute,i love them.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thanks! Getting new baby chicks sounds like something fun to look forward to after the hard work and stress of moving. They are so entertaining, even when they are picking on each other, lol. Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Thanks :)

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Yeah, you are right about that.

[@omggaming6198]

I'm going to start with chickens how do you stop a brody hen

[@kats2563]

+OMGgaming There are several ways to stop a broody hen, some ways, some people find cruel... But to each their own. First you don't want to create an environment for brooding! Sometimes chickens will brood no matter what you do (some breeds are more prone to it than others, too) - which means, making sure that you remove eggs daily. If there is an egg build up, it's almost a promise you're going to end up with a broody hen. Broody hens stop laying and the longer they brood the longer they are going to NOT lay eggs for you. To stop a broody hen you can remove her from the nesting boxes daily, hourly whatever you can manage. When a hen broods, she stops eating as much, her body temp rises in order to incubate the eggs. So the idea is to cool down her belly! This is where some people take cruel measures - by putting ice packs under the hen or by dumping cold water on them. :( I'd never dump cold water on my hens! You can also put them in a broody cage, built or bought, it is basically a cage with the bottom open (like a dog cage) stood on top of something to circulate air under it to cool her off. Getting the broody out of a hen can take 1 day to a couple of weeks. Depends on the hen, and how long she's already been brooding for.

[@Blue_Happiness]

3:55 Oh no! 😔

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

LOL, I'm not sure why my voice automatically does that when I talk to my animals. I know what you mean, I am attached to all of them. Thanks!

[@thebad300]

GMO ALL corn is gmo as are most plants and to some point animals are too to include your chicken

[@gisellgigi19]

She is beautiful :)

[@Marialla.]

Why did the second chicken peck the first? It looked like they were mad at her for being broody. Would she have gotten pecked anyway because the second chicken is just a bully (reinforcing the pecking order), or what? Why is being broody something you need to break chickens of, if you can still just take the eggs out from under them? I understand not wanting to breed more chicks at a given time, but is it bad for the hen, or bad for some other reason? I've never raised chickens so am very curious.

[@dawnmotes]

i think the other Chicken was just getting on to her for not sitting on the eggs ,,, basically saying " get back on your eggs :) "

[@thekweewee]

Broody hens need to be 'broken' because of a few reasons depending on your motives. They stop laying eggs firstly, so as an egg producing bird, broodiness is not a desirable state for her to be in. Theyalso become so dedicated to hatching chicks (even when you take eggs away) that they starve themselves/pull their feathers out/lose ranking in the pecking order and get bullied. Which relates to your initial question!

[@Marialla.]

kweewee p Thanks! that was very helpful.

[@scotty6955]

I love chicken !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

I don't think the alfalfa i buy is organic so it is probably wishful thinking on my part to hope that it isn't GMO. Their feed is also more than likely made with GMO corn too. It is sad that it is so difficult or expensive to not feed them GMO. I really hate the thought of the alfalfa being sprayed with round up and then fed to our animals. I need to look into the source of my alfalfa further. Thanks.

[@shadowofjuniperhill]

Sorry, it took so long to reply. Yes, to fertilize the eggs. Thanks for watching!

[@LampLightMan]

Best way? Graft a couple day old chicks in at night in a separate pen under her. The broody will usually raise them just fine

[@shifahasan11]

What is a broody hen

[@nusaibaii]

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[@sizuoka2005]

好可愛的小母雞喔~~

[@thepurdychannel8866]

3:54 thats exactly why they get bothered and pecked at by oter hens

[@westonsharpe6212]

Can u move a broody hen

[@WhiskeyTango68]

Beautiful girls!

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

she can't hatch babies anyway if the eggs aren't fertilized though so unless the roosters got to her sitting on the eggs doesn't seem like a big deal

[@thepurdychannel8866]

you should seperate broodys from other hens

[@UncommonNews777]

I would totally buy eggs from you. Ha!

[@notiberisha8615]

Wow likee

[@ohfullers]

This video is Watermelon Baby Approved!

[@rosebatham3342]

I’d love a broody hen I’d buy a few different chicks that I want to introduce into my flock and at night after a few days of her brooding eggs at night stick the day old chicks and let her raise a few !! It worked well for me

[@tsewangstobdan10]

You ruined broody's life for a while but now she is back in her hood which is good 😁👍

[@MOTOMNOTION]

3:26 shes mad lol

[@wethederps3748]

if a hen i owned went broody i might just put some chicks or ping pong balls under her. I'd just feel bad for her

[@offplanetevent]

Give her a fake egg .

[@henryrights8428]

Stop disturbing a broody henny!!! Poor thing =]

[@arrowfence4]

Please give her at least one egg

[@ruthlessbanish]

Why don't you leave her alone? How would you like it if you had children and someone came and Removed them?

[@suratal-kahfchannel1441]

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