BROODY HENS | WHAT TO DO WITH A BROODY HEN | HOW TO PLACE CHICKS OR EGGS UNDER A BROODY HEN

Join me as I share about broody hens and how we broody hens on our homestead. If you are wondering how to place chicks or eggs under a broody hen, I am sharing my process in this video.
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Did you know that you can use broody hens to raise your chicks? Yep! It is my absolute favorite way to raise baby chicks because you don't need a heat lamp or heat plate and the broody mama hen pretty much takes care of everything.
I like to set up a separate place for my broody hen and her chicks with shelter, food and water. But that's pretty much all they need.
Did you know that you can use broody hens to hatch fertile eggs for you? Even if you don't keep a rooster(we don't have one at the moment), you can buy fertile hatching eggs from a local farm and place them underneath your broody hen for her to incubate and hatch and care for the babies - again, a super easy way to hatch and raise baby chicks on your farm!
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[@lynxpaws123]

We have chickens at school and we have a chicken she has never been able to lay eggs I always sitting on the eggs from the other chickens and loves them so much

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Aw that’s funny

[@lynxpaws123]

@@GenerationAcresFarm poor baby want to be a mama so much but we can't really make that happen because my best friend and I are the only ones who take proper care of them and we do not trust our school at all

[@MiniRedFarm]

The baby “I want to see the tickens” I hollered 😂

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Haha!

[@Tracy-Inches]

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing! God bless you! And your wonderful family!

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

You’re welcome!

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@johannabennion]

This is great! We have a chicken who wants to be a mamma so much. She sat on duck eggs for three weeks and none of them developed like they should. So tonight we are going to put some freshly hatched chicks under her for the first time and I am super nervous. Watching your success gives me hope!

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Good luck! i hope she takes them in!

[@johannabennion]

@@GenerationAcresFarm She took them! It is so adorable watching her raise those cute little babies.

[@DigtheGoodLife]

That is SO cool!

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Isn’t it?! It’s my favorite way to do it! 💛💛

[@pinch857]

I saw this video a couple weeks ago. And I’m about to swap out the eggs that ended up being duds with 1 week old chicks. How old were the one you put in with your hen?

[@mikemacinnes6120]

I am moving my chicks from incubator tonight fingers crossed. My hen is bantam about 31 weeks. So hopefully she takes them. 7 of them I moved her last night to a new coop what time you do it? Right at dark or couple hours after? NJ temp is in 70’s today but gonna be in 30’s at night

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

I hope she took them for ya!

[@jessicaj8148]

Did the other hens just roost outside? I just had a broody hatch some of our own eggs (we have rooster). She had 6 eggs. 4 hatched. It one looked like she smashed the chick accidentally. I need to see if the other two eggs hatched. So far she is still on coop and I sectioned off her area with a large plastic two piece dog crate/kennel with water food and dust bath inside of it. The opening of dog crate is in front of her nesting box so no other hens can get in. Not sure how long I can keep that set up. I took the lid of the crate off this morning so she can hop out if needed and I needed to rinse poop from the top of it lol. Wish me luck 🍀

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

yes the others roosted outside for the time being. sounds like a good set up!

[@Ichigoxlolita]

Elsa and Other Chicken 😂😂😂

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

Haha! They don’t all have names 😂

[@yayaarsenal1135]

Hi I got a broody chicken she is a year and a half age... I put 12 eggs beneath her.... She is not covering the whole eggs.. Don't know why?? She delivered baby chicken before

[@GenerationAcresFarm]

12 is probably too many, i would do 6/8 depending on size of hen