New Home Hatched Chicks for May 2018 As expected, the broody hen started hatching right on time. May 6th was the first hatch date, and the rest hatched out by the 8th, though the last one might have been the night of the 7th. Of the 10 eggs she started with, 9 hatched. The last [...]
Early to mid-May we should be hearing the sound of new baby chicks. One of the Buff Orpington hens has decided to go broody. She is set on 10 eggs. The first day she began to set was April 16th, a Monday. I picked her up, and of course she pecked me pretty hard several [...]
Pipping Through September 16th we began to see some activity out of the broody hen, Buff Red. She began standing, sitting, moving about in the nest and really paying attention to the eggs under her. Or so it seemed. The weather turned hot, in the low 90's while most of the previous weeks were mid [...]