Category: Broody Hen Care

How To Care For A Broody Hen And Her Chicks

7/16/2020

If you are curious to learn how to hatch chicks using a broody hen and how to care for mama hen and her chicks through their first few weeks then you are in right the right place.

In my previous post I shared with you everything you need to know on how to care for a broody hen and get her to hatch chicks. I highly recommend starting there first to learn how to support your broody hen for the 21 day incubation period and her hatch.

In this post I am going to cover:

What to expect the first few days after chicks hatch
Where you should keep mama hen and her chicks
What you should feed chicks raised by a broody hen
How you should provide water to mama hen and her chicks
Should you let mama hen and chicks free-range
Where does mama hen and the chicks sleep
What are the signs of a sick chick and what should I do if I think a chick is sick
How long does a hen care for her chicks

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How To Hatch Chicks With A Broody Hen And How To Build A Brooder Box Out Of One Piece Of Plywood

6/23/2020

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If you are trying to learn how to hatch chicks with a broody hen, you are in the right place! My first year of owning chickens I started with day-old chicks. Let me tell you it was a lot of work caring for those chicks (I don’t know how people do it who don’t work from home to be honest). Keeping poop out of the waterer, checking on chicks for pasty butt, adjusting the heat lamp, making sure they had enough food - it was constant work.

In this post I am going to teach you:

How to encourage your hens to go broody
What chicken breeds are the most prone to go broody
The best place to let your broody hen hatch her chicks
How to keep your broody hen on the nest
The hatching options you have with a broody hen (how to latch day-old chicks and using fertilized eggs)
How to build a Brooder Box from one piece of plywood

Don’t get me wrong, I loved having the hands-on experience and I adore my hand-raised hens. The thing is, once I let my very first hen go broody and raise her own clutch of chicks, I realized I am never going to raise chicks myself again. Why? Because broody mama hen was one thousand percent better at it than me!

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