Hatching your own chicks with a broody hen is an adventure that combines the wonders of nature with the charm of traditional farming. My year/old Easter Egger, Peach, decided she wanted a family of ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

I’ve tried using a foster broody hen to raise chicks, and it can make brooding chicks easy. To use a hen to hatch eggs (or foster chicks), you first need a broody hen. We’ve heard of different things ...

It's August in Birdland, but I don't recognize it. How long can this lovely coolness last? It feels more like May, only with the full, green lushness of summer. I'm sitting in the shade, protected ...

In this insightful video, we explore the essential tips and techniques for setting up a comfortable isolation pen that keeps a broody hen and her hatchlings happy and healthy. Learn how to create the ...

An often overlooked consideration when one is choosing a breed of hen is the extent of their natural inclination to sit on a clutch of eggs. Beatrix Potter summarised the challenges of brooding with ...

A nest of eggs was left abandoned in a neighbour's garden before hen attempted to hatch them A teenager has swapped sitting her A-level exams for raising baby pheasants after eggs were left abandoned ...

A WOMAN has been reunited with the broody hen she lost when it made a nest in a tractor which she then sold. A WOMAN has been reunited with the broody hen she lost when it made a nest in a tractor ...

Explore the effectiveness of using a wire cage to stop broody hens. This video delves into the challenges of managing broody ...