darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie nelly1 142 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 are they all broody darbo? how many sussex do you have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxdigger13 114 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 crackin pic fella, LS bantams? cheers fd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,653 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Don't fancy hatching some eggs for me do you mate? I wish one of mine would go broody so I can build my flock up again. Down to three hens now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) are they all broody darbo? how many sussex do you have? 9 light sussex bantams charlie yes they are all broody Edited March 18, 2012 by darbo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 crackin pic fella, LS bantams? cheers fd yes light sussex bantams fd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie nelly1 142 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 will they be hatching their own eggs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Don't fancy hatching some eggs for me do you mate? I wish one of mine would go broody so I can build my flock up again. Down to three hens now. what do you want to hatch?i might have space for 1 broody to hatch some eggs for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 will they be hatching their own eggs? i am hatching some welsummers this year charlie as a fox killed most of my flock a few months ago . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie nelly1 142 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 sorry to ask so many questions, but will you leave them to hatch their eggs all together as shown in the picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 sorry to ask so many questions, but will you leave them to hatch their eggs all together as shown in the picture? no charlie i will seperate them put them on dummy eggs and when there sitting tight put some fertile eggs under them.light sussex bantams make cracking broodys usually hatch some eggs every year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie nelly1 142 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 thats good news, as my mum has a trio of them, and i think one might just be broody! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 thats good news, as my mum has a trio of them, and i think one might just be broody! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdalejoel 669 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 do you find that more than one hen sitting on a nest creates problems? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 do you find that more than one hen sitting on a nest creates problems? i have tried it joel. they were fine while sitting. when the chicks hatched thats when the problems started. hens started squabbling etc. in my case found it better to have one hen per clutch other people may have had different experiences. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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