Mollie333 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Don't you?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbet Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Don't you?! Naarhh...so cute, lovely photo Mollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Thankyou, She is Such a good first time foster mother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Lovely. She looks very proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 That's a very gorgeous photo, I love the chicks peeping out from the safety of Mum's feathers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 lovely photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sezra Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 That is really cute! Did she adopt them as eggs and hatch them or as chicks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Lovely picture and lovely chicks &hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 That is really cute! Did she adopt them as eggs and hatch them or as chicks? She has been sat for months! then we gave her the opportunity, and she had them as eggs and hatched them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I just went "AWWW!!" in a rather loud, high-pitched squeal!! ...it's a good job I'm in an office by myself!!! So cute!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww So Cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 awww it's like the perfect family photo one of my ex-bats keeps having broody spells so we're currently debating letting her become a foster mummy - i'll pm you mollie if we ever decide to for some advice if that's ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 That is fine and goodluck! Are you sure she is broody and not under the weather? these hybrids are not suppost to go broody, hope she is broody for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sezra Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 That is really cute! Did she adopt them as eggs and hatch them or as chicks? She has been sat for months! then we gave her the opportunity, and she had them as eggs and hatched them. Oh how sweet, she looks a very contented hen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 What a gorgeous photo, Mollie . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 That is fine and goodluck! Are you sure she is broody and not under the weather? these hybrids are not suppost to go broody, hope she is broody for you i think it is broody, although she doesn't get very bad spells & she's easily snapped out of them. basically if there's a lone egg she will sit on it and will peck at your hands when you try to part her from it, and then when finally defeated she gives you a right telling off before stropping back out to the others! but now i make frequent checks for eggs throughout the day so she rarely gets the chance to do so... she seems to prefer sitting on the other girls' eggs rather than her own it is quite strange but i'm sure ex-bats come with all kinds of baggage last week we bought some plastic eggs to put in the nest box because one of our other girls has started laying in the main house instead of the nest box - in the end i had to remove them too because as soon as they went in doris was sitting on them and refusing to budge.. she looked so depressed returning to FR after i'd taken them from her..i felt so sorry for her it is quite strange behaviour tho because as soon you take the eggs away she leaves the nest box and joins back in with the others..when i thought broody hens refused to leave the nest box no matter what? poor doris..maybe it's just her instinct to sit on the eggs i'm sure she'd make a brilliant foster mummy tho, she is a proper 'mother hen' type bird (if that makes sense!) i hope she is ok? do you think so? anyway, i hope yours are still all doing well! is there just the 2 chicks or did you give her a whole clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 it is quite strange behaviour tho because as soon you take the eggs away she leaves the nest box and joins back in with the others..when i thought broody hens refused to leave the nest box no matter what?poor doris..maybe it's just her instinct to sit on the eggs She obviously has the urge but not the maternal instinct. It's unlikely she'd raise chicks as she may abandon them once they hatch. My hybrid hen is a real part time broody. She'll sit on the nest for hours, fluffed up, screaming and pecking... then decide she's had enough (though is still a madam). She'd be useless as a 'mother hen' though as she is so quick to leave the nest. Just keep collecting the eggs as soon as possible and leave her to get over it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 I couldn't give her a whole clutch of Sussex eggs.. She can only sit four comfortably. I think Roobalo basically said it all.. Theres four chicks here now, all growing FAST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 thanks for the advice guys! maybe i'll just leave her to 'mother' (i.e. boss around!) the other girls and trust that she's got the urge but not the maternal instinct (i hadn't previously realised this was the case with hybrids ) so good job i know now as i wouldn't like to have some little abandoned chicks on my hands wow mollie 4 little chicks! congratulations to you & mom post some more pics once they all start peeping out and exploring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 thanks for the advice guys! maybe i'll just leave her to 'mother' (i.e. boss around!) the other girls and trust that she's got the urge but not the maternal instinct (i hadn't previously realised this was the case with hybrids ) so good job i know now as i wouldn't like to have some little abandoned chicks on my hands I learnt the hard way...and that's why I have 4 eggs in an incubator!! Toph became a full-on broody, hadn't left the nest willingly for 3 days...so I bought some eggs and while they were resting after transit and looked out the window...and there was Toph, scratching around in the run. She didn't go back to the nest box all day. So I rushed out and bought a small incubator. I'm convinced none will survive. ...never again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 oh no... well i'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you & your eggs roobaloo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thank you!! The incy is on lockdown...if they do hatch, they're due Thursday!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Good luck Roobaloo! On the brighter side of the broody little madams, Effy my Pekin bantam has made a brilliant mother! Wanting Blanche to go broody next season, thats another thing, you may be a little bit out of season if you start now, supposidly i think your suppost to start in late April so they are hatched early may and then fully mature for the winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
