Falkor Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Hi Well I thought it was the Orps that were meant to be broody but my Amber Star is currently glued to the nestbox like a big stroppy puffed up football. She has been this way for a full on 24hrs (except for forced toilet and meal break). Has anyone successfully hatched with a broody hybrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Not personally, but a few people on here have As long as she is broody (which she sounds ) she should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Yay go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Test her for a few days with dummy eggs and see how determined she is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Golf balls worked with Buffie until she scooped her "sisters" eggs underneath & smashed then all over her belly..................as you know Em we moved her after that little episode and the resultant bath & she's now happily latched onto the "babies-to-be" in the eglu after her second move since going broody ! Good luck Snowball!! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Well....that was a shortlived thing. I am at work but OH has just emailed me from home to say that Snowball is up and about in the garden and currently terrorising Saffy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 fickle madam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 what is the betting that she will be a puffed up football by the time I get home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Mood swings, gotta love em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 she's a crazy girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Hormones ....... aren't they fun ! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Well I spose Snowball is giving me the same treatment that I give OH at certain times of the month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Its when she starts throwing plates that you have got to worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teri Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 its a womans perogative to change their mind you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Its when she starts throwing plates that you have got to worry it is coffee mugs in our house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 If I am ever at your house drinking coffee from a mug with no handle I will know what happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The same thing happened with Theodore last week. She was broody and rfusing to move, so I was thinking about giving her the cockerel chicks from the recent hatch, but the next day she wasn't interested so she never got her own babies :roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Well guess what.....cheeky madam was up and free ranging when i got home but before I had even finished my cup of tea she had gone back into the nestbox. I have taken her out via pop hole and back into WIR three times now....she keeps going back to the nestbox And Tasha...if she had any crockery near by i reckon she would be throwing it at me! Broody cage me thinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggscombobulated Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hi....our omlet chicken was broody in April and again 3 weeks ago.....we went for it ..got some fertilised eggs and on Sat they started hatching and we now have 6 gorgeous chicks...adorable. Pegasus their mum just sat on them constantly......they should have hatched today but were 2 days early.....to our surprise! Go for it.....she is looking after them and they all hide under her peeping out and wondering around at times. Not sure how to sex them.....so I suppose it is a waiting and observing game now. Mother Nature is a wonderful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 HENthusiastic has hatched a brood under her Black Rock hybrid, and she has been a wonderful mum . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocha Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I have 7 chicks at the moment, hatched under 2 of my Black Rocks. They seem to be doing a great job so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
