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Hey... Great video 👍🏼 Do I need a rooster to hatch eggs naturally? I have 3 hens which lay eggs everyday but no rooster as I live in an urban area. Is rooster required to (make eggs fertile) hatch eggs
Feeding chicks with dry food is terrible! You have no clue what it is madden from! First food got to be 100% natural! Boiled an egg and crash it, mixing with millet and that would be a grate food for chicks plus add some send soil from your field to start digesting process. Store food have a lot of crap in it, I would give that them if I sell them to my enemies.
The music in some of these videos do get annoying, I like the background nature sounds, I am hearing impaired and can not hear them naturally so videos like this going through my powerful stereo reminds me of a time I could hear
What a wonderful video of communal brooding box for 2 hens and a flock of chicks. Great idea of nipple waterer and non-medicated feed. Watching your beautiful flock brings much joy to my heart. I miss raising chickens.
Thank you Deb... I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and found the information useful! I'm sorry you are missing your chickens.. maybe you'll have them again some day... thank you for taking the time to post...
I have 2 broody hens, and a duck that just started laying. I think this is the route I'll have to go. I walked out in the rain today and it was just laying there by the pool.
I love your videos! Nature at it's finest is captured by you with your videos. Beautiful! We also raise chickens and have bought baby chicks from the feed store and at night we exchange the eggs from under a broody hen and replace them with the baby chicks....works wonderfully!!! The broody hen adopts the chicks without a problem and raises them for us.
I have a 2 broody chickens and I have some more chicks 1 of them already hatched 3 in the past but the other 1s ate them 1 has over 20 eggs under her. The other 1 has 7 eggs under her. One of the chickens eggs are hatching tomorrow!!!!!!🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐥❤️❤️❤️
Dear Crazy Chicken Girl, I am so happy that this video helped you relax and go to sleep :) as a public speaker, I guess putting people to sleep isn't a good endorsement? But, here on TH-cam, people with sleep problems are actually being sent to my videos, I can live with that :) thanks for commenting!
Frederick Dunn thank you, also I would like to ask what do I do when I have a broody hen that has different date for most of her eggs? Should I put them in my incubator? Or should I just let her do her thing? I just a afraid she'll abandon the other eggs for the one egg or not teach the chick how to eat. What should I do?
When a hen is allowed to brood her own eggs, it's important to keep removing eggs until you start them all together, that's why we mark them, so they are at the same stage of development. Each day, you need to remove any "added" eggs so she is only setting the marked eggs. She would definitely abandon any late hatching eggs. If a chick hatches after the mother leaves the nest, you can generally still expect her to accept that chick. They do learn from their mother very fast, but a chick without a mother also learns to eat and drink by instinct, they just aren't as savvy as those reared with hens.
You're absolutely right about Rhode Island reds not going broody. But I have one that hatched out 8 babies and she's actually a great mother. This has never happened before with my RR's. It will probably never happen again with any other RR hen of mine. Her sister is a typical RR hen and has no desire to set.
Hi Don, the broody nature was bred out of the breed in order to preserve egg production, BUT, you can selectively breed from your hen that is showing broody traits if you want to and gradually bring broodiness into your own flock over many years.
I have problem with 4 hens laying random eggs in 3 boxes. So this causes confusion and eventually fewer chicks hatching. Can you advise me please. Which eggs are more likely to hatch? First laid or last.
Hello Fred, I can use a bit of advise here. I have three broody hens who have gone broody more or less at the same time and received separate clutches eggs at one time. They have been brooding in the nest boxes. Today, I am going to give them their own maternity ward. Would it be advisable to have them all in one big box sitting side by side, and later raising the chicks together? That would save me a lot of trouble not having to manage them individually.
I would recommend separating them by a screen or chicken wire. Some hens immediately adopt all chicks they find when their own hatch and the scuffles between new mother hens can get serious which may include trampling the newly hatched chicks. If they are all incubating at the same time and will hatch at the same time, I suggest separation while being able to see and heae one another .
Hello Fred, is it ok to start day old mail order bantam and standard chicks in the same brood? I am trying to assess the hassle and difficulty of doing two separate broods vs the potential danger of putting them together. Thanks.
You may not get the mother to accept the mail order chicks, BUT, you can take her chicks and put them into a brooder with your mail order, leaving the mother out of the picture all together.
Thanks. But on question- how to make your chicken broody? Mine isn't becoming broody. Morethan that the chicken always dosen't stay in the nest isn't it? Then how does the hen become encouraged? PLEASE help Me? I hope you will reply soon...
Hi Destiny, there is no way to encourage a hen to go "broody" other than providing nice nest boxes, in dark corners, where the hen can feel safe and secure. Broodiness is a genetic trait and some breeds simply don't brood and never will. If you want hens that hatch eggs on their own, you may want to select a breed that is known for being broody... Cochins, Silkies, d'Uccle, Americaunas and so on... But if a hen does not behave in a broody way, you can't force it.
@@FrederickDunn thanks. Does a hen (breed that goes broody) start to show broodiness naturally suddenly on its daily life? Or it will only happen is there is a case of the hen seeing the eggs and starting it's broodiness?
@@reothomas7624 A broody hen will act broody with or without eggs in the nest, but I do recommend decoy eggs, wooden or porcelain eggs in order to test a hen's resolve to sit on eggs without being scared off.
@@FrederickDunn thanks for the reply. there are no golf balls in our area markets or anything. Can I keep any other things? Can you suggest anything if you know?
Collect the eggs for 7 days and put them all under her at the same time. Any eggs that she can't sit on effectively, and rolls out, remove them during her brood period.
i have raised longisland reds from eggs ,moved them to coop (tn) they are 9 weeks old . they stay in the coop 95% of the time , even with the temp out side in the 60s , run is fenced and safe . what up with that ? any pointers
Do mother hens often fight over chicks? I would love to raise some 3 dozen chicks under three different mommas, but should I separate each of them just in case? Is it more likely that mothers will fight? Does it also depend on the personality, or the breed of the mother?
Yes, you should seperate them as the chicks often collect under a single hen, or hens get in conflicts and stomp on the chicks in the maylay. It's particularly a problem if the chicks are all brought in at the same time. I've had brood hens setting on "fake" eggs, and after the 18th day, introduced day old chicks while removing the decoy eggs and the mother hen took to them right away. It's a nice way to have a living brooder as well as a hen that will teach them how to survive. :)
I started with game birds a couple of years ago & then found the chickens were best for me. I like the eggs & the birds require so little care. The thing is I would like to have some to reproduce now. The easter eggers I have don't brood. I am looking for some suggestion of a breed
Problem is that most of the great free ranging birds don't go broody anymore, BUT, you can of course incubate them yourself, assuming you have roosters as well. Another option would be to get a few cochin hens and then when they are broody, just place the eggs you want to hatch under those hens.
Frederick Dunn I'm interested in farming at a scale of about 20 or 30 birds because I have a few acres of grass, a coop, but I am clueless about making it work from an economic point, except I would need to put in some crop for winter feed. I'm not interested in the meat & I can't use so many eggs. But if I had a meat birds or some with a low egg production I would enjoy the eggs. Perhaps I should look at keeping a breed that is becoming rare & shoot for selling to a unique minded market, stick with the calm birds. I like the Easter egg birds I have. Perhaps it makes the most sense to just get a brooder hen or two.
I have two broody hens sitting side by side. One is due to hatch in 4 days, and the other is getting a batch of fertile eggs today (she's been sitting on duds for 5 days). I'm concerned that when the chicks hatch Mama #2 will abandon her eggs in favor of the chicks. Should I set up partitions? I want to keep things as natural as possible and don't really want to cage Mama and her chicks. Thoughts?
Yes, I recommend partitioning them, it's very common for a brood hen to see peeps from another hen and leave her own eggs to parent those chicks. If the mother hen of the hatching chicks is not dominant, she can lose her brood to the more dominant hen. I've brought a handfull of day old peeps into the coop just to have a hen hop off her eggs and pace in front of me until I put them down for her and off they went. You have the right instinct there Leana :)
Hi I have to broody silkies in the same nest box will they fight over who cares for the chicks when born and should I block them off from the other hens?
IF your silkies are getting along with each other, they just may co-parent the hatchlings. IF they are not getting along, then you should definitely separate them as when the chicks hatch they may fight over the chicks and stomp them in the process. Personally, to be safe, I would divide the eggs between each hen and put them in separate brooder cages.
If a hen is already broody, setting on eggs, then you can place other eggs under her. IF she is not broody, then you can't do anything about that. But hens don't know their own eggs from others, so will hatch fertile eggs from any other chicken. They can even hatch ducks for you, but they freak out when their "chicks" head for water! :)
A good ratio for a rooster in his prime (3 years old or younger) is 1 rooster to 10 hens. Remember, he only needs to mate each hen once every 10 days to keep her eggs fertile. There are hens that may "dodge" specific roosters, so you may need to observe how receptive she is.
Frederick Dunn Thank you for the info! I wasn't sure how often he needed to bread to fertilize the eggs. Is 10 days the very max or is that a safe estimate for high fertility of the eggs?
Fred Carter Ten days is good. For example, when selecting for breeding, a hen has to be set aside so she can't have mated with a rooster for 14 days, by that time, any fertile eggs will certainly have passed and the next mating will be true to the rooster. So, 10 days or less will have a high fertility/hatch rate.
I have a hen sitting on 22 eggs she's trying to hatch but have a barred rock that butts her off the nest to lay her egg so then the other hen which I think is an atsrolop gets back on the nest to sit it's been longer than 21 days since she's been sitting and still haven't had any chicks hatch I've candled the eggs and there developing but nothing has hatched yet I'm probably going on a month now since I noticed her wanting to sit on the nest do you have any suggestions for me or should I just wait and see I might have been off a little on her sitting time when I noticed I need help
You have nothing to lose by allowing her to continue on those eggs. BUT, I would candle and remove all eggs that are lagging behind in development. That's too many eggs for one hen to manage effectively and rotate around.
Hi Mr. Dunn, my name is Chalit a new subscriber from Thailand, i really like your roosters both the one with white ears and the fluffy legs, is there any way that you could ship some eggs to Thailand so that i can hatch and breed them here ? Thanks
Hi Chalit, welcome to my channel :) I am very sorry to say that I don't offer any international shipping of hatching eggs. I hope you can find someone near you so you can get the breeds you want. I have shipped eggs to Hawaii and over half of them did hatch, but I think a shipment all the way to Thailand would just be a waste of money. You may find international shippers on EBay.
I had a pet chicken. She would answer my whistle when I would call my cat home. The cat and chicken would run side by side as they ran to greet me. Such a fond memory to this day. 😊
Dear Frederick, People who make noisy music-jarr-filled videos with a constantly shaking, swimming, zooming in and out camera and who never stop talking should learn from this wonderful video you have made. There is music in natural silence and peace which should not be killed off by man-made music or constant prattle. And thank you for putting your camera on a tripod. One of the curses of modern video making is hand-held cameras that zoom in and out of your face all the time. Please extend your video making to other subjects, although poultry is certainly my favorite. A good way to start one's day is not to watch the news, but with a video such as yours, or if you can afford it, to stroll through and contemplate nature. Thanks and good luck with more video-making.
+Anzay Warid Wow Anzay, that is one of the best comments I have ever received. You have made my day. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to comment on my video. I wish you well in all you do. Fred
I agree 100% I turn off all videos that have both music and speeded up footage that is so annoying as you never find any commercially made show or movie with speeded up frames
Agreed, I just started my backyard flock last weekend with 4 hybrid layers. I've been researching backyard birds for about a year. I had to wait for local bylaws to change to allow the animals into suburbia. In retrospect, the wait has been valuable to allow for more planning and preparation. I found generally youtube videos the least effective source after books and websites. It seems that a lot of homesteader channels are about promoting the producers of the videos first, and if you're lucky there might be some knowledge shared. That's not a dig at other channels. Everyone needs to make money and we watch videos for different reasons. Yours along with a few others have been helpful. Thanks.
I love how gentle and patient you are with them. The video is so soothing and informative, and of course the chicks are absolutely adorable! I could watch this all day.
Wow Frederick, I agree with Anzay Warid about your video. No goofy, annoying music and zooming in and out and making me dizzy. Your voice made this sound and look like a PBS documentary. One of the best videos I've seen on TH-cam, and I watch a LOT of TH-cam! Thank you sir for a well done video!
I mark mine with a black Sharpie, because it doesn't rub off. It never occurred to me to use food coloring. I might try that next time I have eggs to mark.
@@FrederickDunn Pecking of chickens don't hurt anyway. Once I had doves and one of them pecked me every time; took my skin, holded on and closed his eyes to concentrate on his pecking. When he opened his eyes I laughed and said 'are you happy now'? lol
Wow! That rooster at 15:06- he's magnificent with those colors and tail feathers! What breed is he, please? You have such well cared for and beautiful animals on your farm! I thoroughly enjoyed this video!
Hi May, that is a Large Standard Rose Comb Brown Leghorn... they always have fabulous coloration. He gets more visually dramatic with each year. Thank you!
I like to separate my broody into a different coop. My other layers always push the broody out. When moving, make a new nest and wait for the broody to choose the new nest. The other options is giving a few days old live chicks after three weeks or close to three weeks of being broody, and watch out for the hen rejecting the chicks.
I like to keep them all in the same building so they can all see and hear each other, that way there is no difficult introductions when they do eventually all get together. If they are separated by buildings, they they are seen as strangers to the resident flock. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
Great video, thank you. As someone else mentioned, it's so calming to not have background music. I wish we could still free range our flock. The foxes around here are so bold they take our chickens under our noses.
@@FrederickDunn I had a pet fox. I bought him when he was 8 days old and gave him every 3 hours a bottle, day and night. He became the most beautiful and adorable fox you've ever seen. He played with my dogs and we gone for a walk together every day 3 times. Once my fox sneaked out of the house (the children let the front door open!!) and was gone for 3 days. I surched for him together with one of my dogs every late evening. When I found him and brought him home, I noticed one of his hind legs was terrible hurt, no skin was there anymore. My vet said he was trapped and released himself but for what a price! Was with him to the vet every day and his leg healed slowly. But then suddenly he didnt want to eat anymore and my vet found out my fox was not only trapped but also POISENED!! And after some days he died: screaming and crawling on his knees! If I only knew at that moment who did this to my fox, (he was not even 1 year old), I certainly would have killed the person! As soon he had disappeared I put an annonce in the newspaper and said he would not harm any other animal because he is a pet and please let me know if you have seen him. But not any response. I will never forget.!
We are going into summer. We have 3 hens, 1 rooster. One of the hens was broody, but I discovered there were no eggs when she was up. She then sat on the usual 2 eggs I usually get from the next nest over. She's been on them about a week. Im new at this. Not sure if I should just let it happen, what to do if and when they hatch
@@EC-dz4bq yeh, that is funny. Chickens came with a purchase. I have more now and a little more experience...she hatched them but they died. They all got eaten by foxes, free ranging, so I built a large enclosure and got a great Pyrenees.
@@FrederickDunn dang 8 years and you still reply to each comment. That’s legendary right there. I did check you channel and it looks like your a bee keeper now.
This is lovely, Frederick. I will order your video. Today I made a huge mistake by pushing and breaking some elephant grass, then 'weed-eating' it... only to discover my sweetest mama bird was sitting on eggs where I couldn't see her - on the other side of my "work". I'm afraid I have totally traumatized her and she is walking around as if she is disheartened. The eggs are still there. Should I take them to the coop and hope she - or one of the other hens - will hatch them? Hmmm... $8 must have been the 2019 price - before 'the inflation that wasn't". :)
Please don't buy the DVD, the entire video is available FREE right here on TH-cam. Regarding your clutch of eggs that you've uncovered. If you have an incubator that you can put them in, that would be best. If you try to put them under other brood hens that already have eggs, they will likely be hatching out at different times and it could be a disaster. I wish you all the best. th-cam.com/video/msko6-fbLoE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ymT4UmrdvDvoSXeh FREE video, please feel free to share the link.
@@FrederickDunn - :) yes, I noticed it was online AFTER I ordered it. :) I found another batch of eggs under the pink primrose plants next to a grapevine. The chickens have been busy. First, a dog killed a chicken in a very dramatic episode, THEN, I found a snake in the laying boxes... and more snakes showed up after that. So I think the chickens have been terrified and don't trust their coop any longer. Might have to move it further from the woods. ? Since the eggs have not been 'sat on' all day, every day, can they still hatch? You might want to change your statement that is "pinned", to reduce confusion among your admirers. This is a really wonderful video. Thanks again.
Cute, I love chickens ❤ Something interesting I learned is that hens don't necessarily have to sit the full 21 days in order to accept chicks. Last month I had 2 banty hens sit 2 weeks apart. So when the first hen's eggs hatched the 2nd hen abandoned her eggs and adopted the other hen's chicks instead. She had only been sitting one week. I ended up with 17 baby chicks out of 17 or 18 eggs. The chicks seem to enjoy having 2 mothers co parenting them.
That's true, in fact you can order in day-old peeps and start a hen on eggs that are made of wood, ceramic, or even store bought eggs. Simply remove those eggs as you introduce the new chicks and she will adopt them. Hens are easily turned into foster mothers (">
This is an awesome video. Finally a video I could watch all day. I have an Ameraucana chicken nesting on true blue chicken eggs. I wasn't sure if I needed to get the chicks and separate them. I normally use an incubator but this has been a experience. I might give her duck eggs to hatch next.
So you have all of your hens and rooster together and you keep them together and let them lay on the eggs until they hatch, and then you separate them? PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER
Thank you for the gentle video. I am planning to do this for the first time and am researching! You seem to be unusual in leaving the broody with her eggs in the main coop until hatch. Most advice is to remove to a separate enclose to avoid damage and bullying from other birds. Do you find this is not a concern?
The hen is kept with her chicks in the same coop as all of the others. They are separated by cage wire until their 6th week of development. Keeping them all in the same structure keeps them all familiar with one another and this limits picking etc...
I super enjoyed this really well done informative video on a subject I truly am trying to learn.. I leave much more informed.. Thank you very much! I thought about how much I need to know to hatch my chicks out and went ahead and bought your DVD . I feel certain it will save me much over the trial and "ERROR" process.. I'm two years in but still learning much and wish I'd had help long before this... Looking forward to getting my DVD! My chickens say thank you too Fred!
Depending on your coop setup annnnd if she's well mated by a rooster this time of year, those chicks may be a little deficient nutritionally. Free ranging gives them very strong vitamin rich reproductive material, during winter, most hens are on production rations and lack the valuable proteins. If they do turn out to be viable and begin developing, you will need extra bedding under that hen and have a brooder prepared for her and the chicks upon hatching. If it were one of my hens, I wouldn't use this time of year for her to rear chicks. You will be able to candle those eggs within a week and know if they are developing. I wish you the best.
Hello dear Frederick, is it possible to get the name of the producer of the self-closing water ball valve inside that hose, this is far most the smartest way to distribute water to chickens which I had seen. Thank you.
Thank you very much, please can also add a link since I have in meantime noticed that you used the special honey extractor frame and that video was 1 year old so I thought to my self that you have already used it more times, so how is that working up for you? Or is it somehow dangerous to the bees themselves? Please share your thoughts. Thank you again lad. Und tja wenn du Deutscher bist dann bis bald Bursche.
Thank you for the great video and for caring for chickens with so much love You have great chickens and roosters that live a happy life. you must be a good person congratulations for that now I'll watch your video again thank you again for the great video
We had our babies hatch this afternoon; so pleased - 2 of them out of 4 - the other 2 i am expecting tomorrow as they were put to her a day later belonging to the others; i found this out from you. We did move her to a broody pen inside the main pen because the others would not lay in the other box and were disturbing her! She took to it all well. Another thing i learned from this was to use shavings under her and get rid of the straw from the nest. It is July and the natural time for baby chicks in the South of France where we are. The other birds and cock won't go into their pen at night anymore and are roosting on top of the broody pen as now it is far more interesting! Beautiful bit of film - thank you!
What a well made and wonderful video. I learned a lot, and found just watching and listening to it so relaxing, especially because there was no music or narration in parts.You also have a very soothing voice, perfect for this. Loved how the chicks disappear into the mothers, so CUTE! Thank you!
Hi. I have 3 hens that lay eggs same place. 13 eggs in one box and 12 in the other. What should I do. I'm trying to breed more hens. I don't harvest eggs. All the hens have hatched haha before, just the one is her first time.
@@FrederickDunn thank you for responding... if I may ask one more. I inherited this coup and chickens when I purchased. Rooster is with hens 27-7. Not a handleable chap. I love the timber frame style coup with metal roof but the nesting area is terrible. Small enclosure with several nests. Rooster gets up in there too, like roommates... im going tobrebuild that part of the coup. Looking for best design concept so I dont miss anything important when I build... any advice for best design? Thank you again.
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Hey... Great video 👍🏼
Do I need a rooster to hatch eggs naturally?
I have 3 hens which lay eggs everyday but no rooster as I live in an urban area. Is rooster required to (make eggs fertile) hatch eggs
@@Britishpakistani2023 you don't need a rooster for your hens to go broody but you do need a rooster so the eggs get fertilized
@@StackFactsVideos thanks
Feeding chicks with dry food is terrible! You have no clue what it is madden from! First food got to be 100% natural! Boiled an egg and crash it, mixing with millet and that would be a grate food for chicks plus add some send soil from your field to start digesting process. Store food have a lot of crap in it, I would give that them if I sell them to my enemies.
i guess I am kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to stream newly released series online?
This is a great informational video Fred. I am starting to raise my own chicks from my flock so this video was great.
Glad it was helpful!
What a beautiful relaxing and educational video. I'm glad there wasn't any background music
+zebredpooding Thank you... If I'm narrating a video, I rarely add music... I'm glad you appreciated it :)
Beautiful an relaxing
The music in some of these videos do get annoying, I like the background nature sounds, I am hearing impaired and can not hear them naturally so videos like this going through my powerful stereo reminds me of a time I could hear
yes. fcuking backsound music just for stupid people
Yes so refreshing to not hear distasteful background music
What a wonderful video of communal brooding box for 2 hens and a flock of chicks. Great idea of nipple waterer and non-medicated feed. Watching your beautiful flock brings much joy to my heart. I miss raising chickens.
Thank you Deb... I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and found the information useful! I'm sorry you are missing your chickens.. maybe you'll have them again some day... thank you for taking the time to post...
Fred, your youtube vocals have improved dramatically since 2014
Beautiful chickens and roosters
I have 2 broody hens, and a duck that just started laying. I think this is the route I'll have to go. I walked out in the rain today and it was just laying there by the pool.
Yes, the other 2 hatched this morning!
Great video I'm new at raising chickens, one of my hens went broody and hatched 1 chick who is now 6 weeks old she is a very good mom .
Oh, that's great Inga, I hope they are still doing well :)
I love your videos! Nature at it's finest is captured by you with your videos. Beautiful! We also raise chickens and have bought baby chicks from the feed store and at night we exchange the eggs from under a broody hen and replace them with the baby chicks....works wonderfully!!! The broody hen adopts the chicks without a problem and raises them for us.
Thank you! What a nice thing to post... you are very fortunate, I'm glad you are enjoying your chickens!
I have a 2 broody chickens and I have some more chicks 1 of them already hatched 3 in the past but the other 1s ate them 1 has over 20 eggs under her. The other 1 has 7 eggs under her. One of the chickens eggs are hatching tomorrow!!!!!!🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐥❤️❤️❤️
beautiful video, and very instructional. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
I shared this on my FB hobby farm page! It has been an amazing help! Hopefully it’ll bring you more subscribers and views
Thanks for sharing!!
Love how you nurture your broody hens rather than put them in chicken prison for their natural instinct.
Amazing video, how do you get the chicks to drink through the waterer
Ok I'm done here I going to bed this made super relaxed 😎 and now I can final go to bed (it's 3 in the morning 😬)
Dear Crazy Chicken Girl, I am so happy that this video helped you relax and go to sleep :) as a public speaker, I guess putting people to sleep isn't a good endorsement? But, here on TH-cam, people with sleep problems are actually being sent to my videos, I can live with that :) thanks for commenting!
Frederick Dunn thank you, also I would like to ask what do I do when I have a broody hen that has different date for most of her eggs? Should I put them in my incubator? Or should I just let her do her thing? I just a afraid she'll abandon the other eggs for the one egg or not teach the chick how to eat. What should I do?
When a hen is allowed to brood her own eggs, it's important to keep removing eggs until you start them all together, that's why we mark them, so they are at the same stage of development. Each day, you need to remove any "added" eggs so she is only setting the marked eggs. She would definitely abandon any late hatching eggs. If a chick hatches after the mother leaves the nest, you can generally still expect her to accept that chick. They do learn from their mother very fast, but a chick without a mother also learns to eat and drink by instinct, they just aren't as savvy as those reared with hens.
Frederick Dunn I'll keep that in mind next time I have a broody hen thank you
You're absolutely right about Rhode Island reds not going broody. But I have one that hatched out 8 babies and she's actually a great mother. This has never happened before with my RR's. It will probably never happen again with any other RR hen of mine. Her sister is a typical RR hen and has no desire to set.
Hi Don, the broody nature was bred out of the breed in order to preserve egg production, BUT, you can selectively breed from your hen that is showing broody traits if you want to and gradually bring broodiness into your own flock over many years.
What are the breeds of the mother hens?
That’s my dream job
beautiful video . thank you.
I'm glad you liked it :)
Awesome video. I enjoyed every second of it. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you Ivan!
Aww. I have a twenty Chicken/Kraienkopp too ^_^ She's so cute!
That's so nice, I bet they have a great home with you :)
Great video, informative & relaxing!
Thank you!
very happy chickens
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I am so glad you enjoyed this :)
I have problem with 4 hens laying random eggs in 3 boxes. So this causes confusion and eventually fewer chicks hatching. Can you advise me please. Which eggs are more likely to hatch? First laid or last.
Most birds can't see the color blue. Owls and satin bower bird are exceptions.
Very good video well done
+Game Keeper75 Thank you so much!
Really beautiful have a good luck
Thank you so much!
They are beautiful ! What kind of breed the hen with feather by the legs ?
She's a Brahma
Thank you 🙏
Hello Fred, I can use a bit of advise here. I have three broody hens who have gone broody more or less at the same time and received separate clutches eggs at one time. They have been brooding in the nest boxes. Today, I am going to give them their own maternity ward. Would it be advisable to have them all in one big box sitting side by side, and later raising the chicks together? That would save me a lot of trouble not having to manage them individually.
I would recommend separating them by a screen or chicken wire. Some hens immediately adopt all chicks they find when their own hatch and the scuffles between new mother hens can get serious which may include trampling the newly hatched chicks. If they are all incubating at the same time and will hatch at the same time, I suggest separation while being able to see and heae one another .
How do you encourage the brooding hens? How long do they need to sit on the eggs per day?
It's completely up to them, either they are broody, or they are not. There really isn't anything you can do to encourage that instinct.
what is that orange rooster called?
brown leghorn
this is so cute!
Looks like quite a few bantams and standards are running together. Do they coop together too?
Yes, they are both in every coop together.
Do standard roosters try to breed with bantam hens? If yes, does it become something to worry about?
That does sometimes happen, but we don't collect those eggs for hatching.
Hello Fred, is it ok to start day old mail order bantam and standard chicks in the same brood? I am trying to assess the hassle and difficulty of doing two separate broods vs the potential danger of putting them together. Thanks.
You may not get the mother to accept the mail order chicks, BUT, you can take her chicks and put them into a brooder with your mail order, leaving the mother out of the picture all together.
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Thanks. But on question- how to make your chicken broody? Mine isn't becoming broody. Morethan that the chicken always dosen't stay in the nest isn't it? Then how does the hen become encouraged? PLEASE help Me? I hope you will reply soon...
Hi Destiny, there is no way to encourage a hen to go "broody" other than providing nice nest boxes, in dark corners, where the hen can feel safe and secure. Broodiness is a genetic trait and some breeds simply don't brood and never will. If you want hens that hatch eggs on their own, you may want to select a breed that is known for being broody... Cochins, Silkies, d'Uccle, Americaunas and so on... But if a hen does not behave in a broody way, you can't force it.
@@FrederickDunn thanks. Does a hen (breed that goes broody) start to show broodiness naturally suddenly on its daily life? Or it will only happen is there is a case of the hen seeing the eggs and starting it's broodiness?
@@reothomas7624 A broody hen will act broody with or without eggs in the nest, but I do recommend decoy eggs, wooden or porcelain eggs in order to test a hen's resolve to sit on eggs without being scared off.
@@FrederickDunn thanks for the reply. there are no golf balls in our area markets or anything. Can I keep any other things? Can you suggest anything if you know?
@@reothomas7624 www.amazon.com/Easter-Eggs-Wooden-Pieces-Colors/dp/B01CJ7L226/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541966809&sr=8-3&keywords=wooden+chicken+eggs
Hey i want chicks so if my hens lays one egg a day shall i leave it there or collect and if collecteed for how many days??
Collect the eggs for 7 days and put them all under her at the same time. Any eggs that she can't sit on effectively, and rolls out, remove them during her brood period.
@@FrederickDunn where shall i store the egggs of 7 days sir plzz
Hello Fred, do you have any experience with either Russian Orloff or Salmon Faverolle? Thanks
I had Faverolles back in 2000... what would you like to know about them?
@@FrederickDunn Thanks for the reply, mainly, on average what other breeds they can mix with without being bullied too much.
thks
You're welcome Doug
i have raised longisland reds from eggs ,moved them to coop (tn) they are 9 weeks old . they stay in the coop 95% of the time , even with the temp out side in the 60s , run is fenced and safe . what up with that ? any pointers
Do mother hens often fight over chicks? I would love to raise some 3 dozen chicks under three different mommas, but should I separate each of them just in case? Is it more likely that mothers will fight? Does it also depend on the personality, or the breed of the mother?
Yes, you should seperate them as the chicks often collect under a single hen, or hens get in conflicts and stomp on the chicks in the maylay. It's particularly a problem if the chicks are all brought in at the same time. I've had brood hens setting on "fake" eggs, and after the 18th day, introduced day old chicks while removing the decoy eggs and the mother hen took to them right away. It's a nice way to have a living brooder as well as a hen that will teach them how to survive. :)
I started with game birds a couple of years ago & then found the chickens were best for me. I like the eggs & the birds require so little care. The thing is I would like to have some to reproduce now. The easter eggers I have don't brood. I am looking for some suggestion of a breed
Problem is that most of the great free ranging birds don't go broody anymore, BUT, you can of course incubate them yourself, assuming you have roosters as well. Another option would be to get a few cochin hens and then when they are broody, just place the eggs you want to hatch under those hens.
Frederick Dunn I'm interested in farming at a scale of about 20 or 30 birds because I have a few acres of grass, a coop, but I am clueless about making it work from an economic point, except I would need to put in some crop for winter feed. I'm not interested in the meat & I can't use so many eggs. But if I had a meat birds or some with a low egg production I would enjoy the eggs. Perhaps I should look at keeping a breed that is becoming rare & shoot for selling to a unique minded market, stick with the calm birds. I like the Easter egg birds I have. Perhaps it makes the most sense to just get a brooder hen or two.
I have two broody hens sitting side by side. One is due to hatch in 4 days, and the other is getting a batch of fertile eggs today (she's been sitting on duds for 5 days). I'm concerned that when the chicks hatch Mama #2 will abandon her eggs in favor of the chicks. Should I set up partitions? I want to keep things as natural as possible and don't really want to cage Mama and her chicks. Thoughts?
Yes, I recommend partitioning them, it's very common for a brood hen to see peeps from another hen and leave her own eggs to parent those chicks. If the mother hen of the hatching chicks is not dominant, she can lose her brood to the more dominant hen. I've brought a handfull of day old peeps into the coop just to have a hen hop off her eggs and pace in front of me until I put them down for her and off they went. You have the right instinct there Leana :)
Hi I have to broody silkies in the same nest box will they fight over who cares for the chicks when born and should I block them off from the other hens?
Also should if I do block them off should they stay together?
IF your silkies are getting along with each other, they just may co-parent the hatchlings. IF they are not getting along, then you should definitely separate them as when the chicks hatch they may fight over the chicks and stomp them in the process. Personally, to be safe, I would divide the eggs between each hen and put them in separate brooder cages.
Frederick Dunn ok thank you so much for your advice
My pleasure, let me know what you do and how it goes :)
how do you get the hen to adopt the eggs
If a hen is already broody, setting on eggs, then you can place other eggs under her. IF she is not broody, then you can't do anything about that. But hens don't know their own eggs from others, so will hatch fertile eggs from any other chicken. They can even hatch ducks for you, but they freak out when their "chicks" head for water! :)
what is process of hatching eggs without incubators explains
The hen hatches her own eggs with her own body heat instead of removing eggs and placing them into an electric incubator.
About how many roosters are needed per flock of hens to ensure each egg is fertile?
A good ratio for a rooster in his prime (3 years old or younger) is 1 rooster to 10 hens. Remember, he only needs to mate each hen once every 10 days to keep her eggs fertile. There are hens that may "dodge" specific roosters, so you may need to observe how receptive she is.
Frederick Dunn Thank you for the info! I wasn't sure how often he needed to bread to fertilize the eggs. Is 10 days the very max or is that a safe estimate for high fertility of the eggs?
Fred Carter Ten days is good. For example, when selecting for breeding, a hen has to be set aside so she can't have mated with a rooster for 14 days, by that time, any fertile eggs will certainly have passed and the next mating will be true to the rooster. So, 10 days or less will have a high fertility/hatch rate.
I have a hen sitting on 22 eggs she's trying to hatch but have a barred rock that butts her off the nest to lay her egg so then the other hen which I think is an atsrolop gets back on the nest to sit it's been longer than 21 days since she's been sitting and still haven't had any chicks hatch I've candled the eggs and there developing but nothing has hatched yet I'm probably going on a month now since I noticed her wanting to sit on the nest do you have any suggestions for me or should I just wait and see I might have been off a little on her sitting time when I noticed I need help
You have nothing to lose by allowing her to continue on those eggs. BUT, I would candle and remove all eggs that are lagging behind in development. That's too many eggs for one hen to manage effectively and rotate around.
@@FrederickDunn thank u for your time to answer my question and I'll be subbing your channel and also thanks for the fast response
Why mark eggs
Becuase we take the fresh eggs away and leave the ones for incubation. Unmarked eggs are the fresh ones :)
Are you in Ontario per chance?
Nope... I'm in the northeastern United States :)
Where is the oxygen hole? I never did that anyhow
There is no oxygen "hole" the entire egg is porous and they breathe through it :)
la tige pour l'eau ces comme pour les hamster ??
+Hélène Bowes I'm sorry to say I don't understand your language...
+Frederick Dunn oké im french sorry ,,, i don't speec anglis , oké , you say Hamster ? bottle watter for Hamster ??
OH yes... just like you purchase at a pet store, water bottle for rats, hamsters, gerbils, all the same and the baby chicks will drink from it :)
+Frederick Dunn merci
You're very welcome :)
Hi Mr. Dunn, my name is Chalit a new subscriber from Thailand, i really like your roosters both the one with white ears and the fluffy legs, is there any way that you could ship some eggs to Thailand so that i can hatch and breed them here ? Thanks
Hi Chalit, welcome to my channel :) I am very sorry to say that I don't offer any international shipping of hatching eggs. I hope you can find someone near you so you can get the breeds you want. I have shipped eggs to Hawaii and over half of them did hatch, but I think a shipment all the way to Thailand would just be a waste of money. You may find international shippers on EBay.
wait what u should mark ur eggs with a color and the chicken will hatch them is it true ??? please i need an answer
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Can you hatch an egg without an incubator and it’s mom? If so: how? And if u can’t then my bird is dead :c
Hatch an egg without a hen or an incubator? The chances are very VERY low I'm afraid...
unfortunately! chickens are not available in Ebay
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wow, you are amazing, thankssssssssss
You're welcome :)
Do silkies get broody if so how many times a year
And how long for
gravity Gaming Silkies do indeed go broody, often for months at a time, unless they hatch chicks.
I had a pet chicken. She would answer my whistle when I would call my cat home. The cat and chicken would run side by side as they ran to greet me. Such a fond memory to this day. 😊
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Mr. Khan, is this the love connection??
@Awais Khan Kia yar ajeeb banda hay tu 😂
Nice connection them in your life, many blessings indeed.
Dear Frederick, People who make noisy music-jarr-filled videos with a constantly shaking, swimming, zooming in and out camera and who never stop talking should learn from this wonderful video you have made. There is music in natural silence and peace which should not be killed off by man-made music or constant prattle. And thank you for putting your camera on a tripod. One of the curses of modern video making is hand-held cameras that zoom in and out of your face all the time. Please extend your video making to other subjects, although poultry is certainly my favorite. A good way to start one's day is not to watch the news, but with a video such as yours, or if you can afford it, to stroll through and contemplate nature. Thanks and good luck with more video-making.
+Anzay Warid Wow Anzay, that is one of the best comments I have ever received. You have made my day. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to comment on my video. I wish you well in all you do. Fred
I agree 100% I turn off all videos that have both music and speeded up footage that is so annoying as you never find any commercially made show or movie with speeded up frames
Agreed, I just started my backyard flock last weekend with 4 hybrid layers. I've been researching backyard birds for about a year. I had to wait for local bylaws to change to allow the animals into suburbia. In retrospect, the wait has been valuable to allow for more planning and preparation.
I found generally youtube videos the least effective source after books and websites. It seems that a lot of homesteader channels are about promoting the producers of the videos first, and if you're lucky there might be some knowledge shared. That's not a dig at other channels. Everyone needs to make money and we watch videos for different reasons. Yours along with a few others have been helpful. Thanks.
Anzay Warid - I agree! Oh but he DOES have other subjects. Check them out!
You seem to really care for your poultry. Thank you for sharing this demonstrative video.
I do indeed :) and thank you for sharing that you enjoyed it! :)
I love how gentle and patient you are with them. The video is so soothing and informative, and of course the chicks are absolutely adorable! I could watch this all day.
Wow Frederick, I agree with Anzay Warid about your video. No goofy, annoying music and zooming in and out and making me dizzy. Your voice made this sound and look like a PBS documentary. One of the best videos I've seen on TH-cam, and I watch a LOT of TH-cam! Thank you sir for a well done video!
Wow! Thank you so much, what a super nice comment! :)
I mark mine with a black Sharpie, because it doesn't rub off. It never occurred to me to use food coloring. I might try that next time I have eggs to mark.
I like how you just ignore the pecking.
Can't let them get the best of you (">
@@FrederickDunn Pecking of chickens don't hurt anyway. Once I had doves and one of them pecked me every time; took my skin, holded on and closed his eyes to concentrate on his pecking. When he opened his eyes I laughed and said 'are you happy now'? lol
@@ROBDee-ho9lu I own a rooster and it leaves marks on my skin because he loves to peck and bite just very aggressive
@@ROBDee-ho9lu I guess it must depend on the chicken. I must have pitbull chickens because they will bruise my skin and it hurts.
@@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim lol
Not just a practical video but beautifully put together. Thanks.
In response to whenthewheelsturn , at 15:50 that is a Partridge Cochin Hen... glad you enjoyed the video :)
Wow! That rooster at 15:06- he's magnificent with those colors and tail feathers! What breed is he, please? You have such well cared for and beautiful animals on your farm! I thoroughly enjoyed this video!
Hi May, that is a Large Standard Rose Comb Brown Leghorn... they always have fabulous coloration. He gets more visually dramatic with each year. Thank you!
great voice, great informations,love the video I can listen to you all day long.
Wow, what a great thing to say :) Thank you so much, you made my evening!
I like to separate my broody into a different coop. My other layers always push the broody out. When moving, make a new nest and wait for the broody to choose the new nest. The other options is giving a few days old live chicks after three weeks or close to three weeks of being broody, and watch out for the hen rejecting the chicks.
I like to keep them all in the same building so they can all see and hear each other, that way there is no difficult introductions when they do eventually all get together. If they are separated by buildings, they they are seen as strangers to the resident flock. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
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Great video, thank you. As someone else mentioned, it's so calming to not have background music. I wish we could still free range our flock. The foxes around here are so bold they take our chickens under our noses.
Thank you so much Elise, I'm glad you enjoyed it. We do have a fox here at night, it's a male and he's hunting bunnies. Shows up on security cameras.
@@FrederickDunn I had a pet fox. I bought him when he was 8 days old and gave him every 3 hours a bottle, day and night. He became the most beautiful and adorable fox you've ever seen. He played with my dogs and we gone for a walk together every day 3 times. Once my fox sneaked out of the house (the children let the front door open!!) and was gone for 3 days. I surched for him together with one of my dogs every late evening. When I found him and brought him home, I noticed one of his hind legs was terrible hurt, no skin was there anymore. My vet said he was trapped and released himself but for what a price! Was with him to the vet every day and his leg healed slowly. But then suddenly he didnt want to eat anymore and my vet found out my fox was not only trapped but also POISENED!! And after some days he died: screaming and crawling on his knees! If I only knew at that moment who did this to my fox, (he was not even 1 year old), I certainly would have killed the person! As soon he had disappeared I put an annonce in the newspaper and said he would not harm any other animal because he is a pet and please let me know if you have seen him. But not any response. I will never forget.!
Thank you for this awesome video. I too want to breed naturally and this has helped me. And it shows how much you care for your flock.♥️
Glad it was helpful!
Love how the Mom hens are talking to the chicks. Adorable!! 🐤🐥
We are going into summer. We have 3 hens, 1 rooster. One of the hens was broody, but I discovered there were no eggs when she was up. She then sat on the usual 2 eggs I usually get from the next nest over. She's been on them about a week. Im new at this. Not sure if I should just let it happen, what to do if and when they hatch
lol well what happened, do you remember?
@@EC-dz4bq yeh, that is funny. Chickens came with a purchase. I have more now and a little more experience...she hatched them but they died. They all got eaten by foxes, free ranging, so I built a large enclosure and got a great Pyrenees.
@@owemylife awesome glad to see that it worked, sad to see live has its ups with its downs too. Thanks again
5:08 dang I wonder how much it hurts being pecked by one.
Depends on which bird is doing that. There have been roosters that try to take a chunk out of you :) But normally, not bad at all. :)
@@FrederickDunn dang 8 years and you still reply to each comment. That’s legendary right there. I did check you channel and it looks like your a bee keeper now.
This is lovely, Frederick. I will order your video. Today I made a huge mistake by pushing and breaking some elephant grass, then 'weed-eating' it... only to discover my sweetest mama bird was sitting on eggs where I couldn't see her - on the other side of my "work". I'm afraid I have totally traumatized her and she is walking around as if she is disheartened. The eggs are still there. Should I take them to the coop and hope she - or one of the other hens - will hatch them? Hmmm... $8 must have been the 2019 price - before 'the inflation that wasn't". :)
Please don't buy the DVD, the entire video is available FREE right here on TH-cam. Regarding your clutch of eggs that you've uncovered. If you have an incubator that you can put them in, that would be best. If you try to put them under other brood hens that already have eggs, they will likely be hatching out at different times and it could be a disaster. I wish you all the best. th-cam.com/video/msko6-fbLoE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ymT4UmrdvDvoSXeh FREE video, please feel free to share the link.
@@FrederickDunn - :) yes, I noticed it was online AFTER I ordered it. :) I found another batch of eggs under the pink primrose plants next to a grapevine. The chickens have been busy. First, a dog killed a chicken in a very dramatic episode, THEN, I found a snake in the laying boxes... and more snakes showed up after that. So I think the chickens have been terrified and don't trust their coop any longer. Might have to move it further from the woods. ? Since the eggs have not been 'sat on' all day, every day, can they still hatch?
You might want to change your statement that is "pinned", to reduce confusion among your admirers. This is a really wonderful video. Thanks again.
Cute, I love chickens ❤ Something interesting I learned is that hens don't necessarily have to sit the full 21 days in order to accept chicks. Last month I had 2 banty hens sit 2 weeks apart. So when the first hen's eggs hatched the 2nd hen abandoned her eggs and adopted the other hen's chicks instead. She had only been sitting one week.
I ended up with 17 baby chicks out of 17 or 18 eggs.
The chicks seem to enjoy having 2 mothers co parenting them.
That's true, in fact you can order in day-old peeps and start a hen on eggs that are made of wood, ceramic, or even store bought eggs. Simply remove those eggs as you introduce the new chicks and she will adopt them. Hens are easily turned into foster mothers (">
This is an awesome video. Finally a video I could watch all day. I have an Ameraucana chicken nesting on true blue chicken eggs. I wasn't sure if I needed to get the chicks and separate them. I normally use an incubator but this has been a experience. I might give her duck eggs to hatch next.
So you have all of your hens and rooster together and you keep them together and let them lay on the eggs until they hatch, and then you separate them?
PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER
WE only separate them while they are chicks... for their protection. They rejoin the flock at six weeks of age.
Thank you for the gentle video. I am planning to do this for the first time and am researching! You seem to be unusual in leaving the broody with her eggs in the main coop until hatch. Most advice is to remove to a separate enclose to avoid damage and bullying from other birds. Do you find this is not a concern?
The hen is kept with her chicks in the same coop as all of the others. They are separated by cage wire until their 6th week of development. Keeping them all in the same structure keeps them all familiar with one another and this limits picking etc...
A relaxing and educational video with some beautiful happy birds! Thanks for doing this video
I super enjoyed this really well done informative video on a subject I truly am trying to learn.. I leave much more informed.. Thank you very much! I thought about how much I need to know to hatch my chicks out and went ahead and bought your DVD . I feel certain it will save me much over the trial and "ERROR" process.. I'm two years in but still learning much and wish I'd had help long before this... Looking forward to getting my DVD! My chickens say thank you too Fred!
Oh, that's wonderful, and thanks for investing in my video :) I hope you will find that helpful in your flock owning journey :)
Nice bunch of chickens and roosters you have there!
Thank you
I'm glad I seen this Video, Because I'm only young and I have a Chicken
You have to separate them? Because of the roosters? What if you only have 1 rooster and it's definitely his seed?
Then you don't need to separate them if you have one rooster.
I have a hen that’s just went broody hear in Ohio in January she has 8 eggs under her what are my chances of success
Depending on your coop setup annnnd if she's well mated by a rooster this time of year, those chicks may be a little deficient nutritionally. Free ranging gives them very strong vitamin rich reproductive material, during winter, most hens are on production rations and lack the valuable proteins. If they do turn out to be viable and begin developing, you will need extra bedding under that hen and have a brooder prepared for her and the chicks upon hatching. If it were one of my hens, I wouldn't use this time of year for her to rear chicks. You will be able to candle those eggs within a week and know if they are developing. I wish you the best.
Hello dear Frederick, is it possible to get the name of the producer of the self-closing water ball valve inside that hose, this is far most the smartest way to distribute water to chickens which I had seen. Thank you.
Sure! www.amazon.com/dp/B0050ICKN2/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Thank you very much, please can also add a link since I have in meantime noticed that you used the special honey extractor frame and that video was 1 year old so I thought to my self that you have already used it more times, so how is that working up for you? Or is it somehow dangerous to the bees themselves? Please share your thoughts. Thank you again lad. Und tja wenn du Deutscher bist dann bis bald Bursche.
Can someone please tell me what the hen’s breed is at 14:47 light brown and very cute 🥰
That is a Buff Cochin.
Can i ask you something WHAT KIND of BREED CHICKEN do you Have? because I like this type of Breed...
several breeds, you'll need to be more specific.
Thank you for the great video and for caring for chickens with so much love
You have great chickens and roosters that live a happy life. you must be a good person congratulations for that
now I'll watch your video again thank you again for the great video
Thank you Eduard, I wish you all the best!
We had our babies hatch this afternoon; so pleased - 2 of them out of 4 - the other 2 i am expecting tomorrow as they were put to her a day later belonging to the others; i found this out from you. We did move her to a broody pen inside the main pen because the others would not lay in the other box and were disturbing her! She took to it all well. Another thing i learned from this was to use shavings under her and get rid of the straw from the nest. It is July and the natural time for baby chicks in the South of France where we are. The other birds and cock won't go into their pen at night anymore and are roosting on top of the broody pen as now it is far more interesting! Beautiful bit of film - thank you!
What a well made and wonderful video. I learned a lot, and found just watching and listening to it so relaxing, especially because there was no music or narration in parts.You also have a very soothing voice, perfect for this. Loved how the chicks disappear into the mothers, so CUTE! Thank you!
Oh, thank you so much, I'm glad you appreciated it! Nothing cuter than chicks nestling into their mothers' fluff :) Thanks for watching!
OMG I KNOW!
A. Very nice soothing and relaxing video at bedtime, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you sales that chicken? If so, what is your address?
nope
Hi. I have 3 hens that lay eggs same place. 13 eggs in one box and 12 in the other. What should I do. I'm trying to breed more hens. I don't harvest eggs. All the hens have hatched haha before, just the one is her first time.
Great Video, thank you. love that is no music .
As long as I have a rooster will atleast a few of the eggs be fertile
Yes.
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Enjoyed your video. Why did you reject some of the eggs in the nest you were marking for brooding? Thanks
Egg shape and quality are genetic, so I select eggs that are in great condition and from birds we want to continue with.
She is picking u omg u don't feel nothing
So, when they hatch and you move them to separate enclosure, its not open to the coup? Its totally enclosed?
Just until the chicks are large enough that they won't be hurt by other chickens and so they can get into and out of the coop.
@@FrederickDunn thank you for responding... if I may ask one more. I inherited this coup and chickens when I purchased. Rooster is with hens 27-7. Not a handleable chap. I love the timber frame style coup with metal roof but the nesting area is terrible. Small enclosure with several nests. Rooster gets up in there too, like roommates... im going tobrebuild that part of the coup. Looking for best design concept so I dont miss anything important when I build... any advice for best design? Thank you again.