Mollie333 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Six bantam eggs should be ok, less large fowl eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Totally agree - I had a chunky pekin happily take 7 bantam eggs, but a smaller one whose currently getting used to the idea of sitting is on 6 infertile eggs . I think that's plenty for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 If she could every egg in the world. I know one of our friends has a rather smaller than normal pekin girl who was broody but in with all the other hens and she had stolen 15 fertile eggs and was sitting on them rather comfortably. She had even gone out the run and had rolled 2 brahma eggs all he way back so she could have more. 10 chicks hatched out. The 2 brahma and 8 pekin chicks lucky they only got 1 cock which was a pekin and had to cull him . One of the hens came out as a bit lavender a bit black a bit white and a bit silver. Like someone had splashed paint on it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 If she could every egg in the world. thats true, I went away for work for a few dats last week and came back to a broody large fowl on 18 eggs mentioned to my husband the wisdom of collecting the eggs every day - needless to say we didnt eat the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 When i went on holiday i said to my brother who was looking after the chickens ''Collect the eggs everyday, dont leave them in there or we will have 7 broody hens and not to mention cheryl going broody!'' we came back to 2 broodys sat on 49 eggs, he hadn't collected them throughout the week. we still have one broody now sitting on dud eggs, luckily getting fertile sometime this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Could i hatch .. 1 Lavender Orpington LF 1 Buff Columbian Orpington LF 1 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington LF 1 Mottled Orpington LF Thats four large eggs. She is a big pancake.. i mean chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 thats should be fine Mollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 In the end it doesn't matter how big the eggs are you just need to judge it. How comfortable do you think the hen would be with a certain amount of eggs under her. My little Bob has only just gone broody today. So I gave her a duck egg ( she wanted 2 but she is tiny ). Betty is big for a light sussex bantam so she has 2 duck eggs. They are running duck eggs so they are pretty big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 That should be fine but I always find an odd number works better as these can lay in a circle underneath her. Maybe stick a very small bantam egg in there or even a ping pong ball etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Could i do this.. 1.Lavender Orp 2.Columbian Buff Orp 3.Lemon Cuckoo Orp 4.Mottled Orpington Orp 2.(or)Blue Orpington Orp, you guys choose for me . Last but not least.. 5.a Barnevelder Bantam or Araucana bantam eggs (if possible..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 If she's on 5 LF eggs atm I'd think you can fit 5 under her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Why dont you mix it up put 3 bantam eggs and 3 LF eggs ? It is always nice seeing them together because people rarely do it. Like go with 3 orps and 3 bantams. Also have you thought about Cochins there like the giant pekin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 In the end it doesn't matter how big the eggs are you just need to judge it. My MF Pekin Holly wouldn't agree with that ........I tried planting lovely brown Marans eggs under her & she screamed blue murder.....put some fake bright teal smaller (though not quite Pekin size) eggs & she squealed with delight & plopped her fluffy little bum straight on them......she and Blossom were both more than happy with the 6 Pekin eggs I bought for each of them My Orpie eggs are slightly smaller than a Maran egg, so perhaps your Pekin would be happy enough with Orpie eggs, they are all so very different Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yeh it also depends on the chicken aswell lol My Betty is so happy with her duck eggs she talks to herself all day so she must be ok in there and bob sits with her so she is not lonly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
