All the eggs are due to hatch on the same day. She will raise the chicks, keep them warm and guide them to food. At first I wasn't sure if she'd sit on her eggs for the full 21 days which is why I decided to have some in the incubator - but she's really sitting tight. If you have a rooster handy that’s easy to do, if you don’t, buy some hatching eggs and slip them under the broody. Many, if not most, keep quails for their lovely eggs. She will usually keep them safe under her. The Ultimate Guide to Broody Hens. I’ve been hatching under hens (as well as incubating) for years, and after having lots of problems, I’ve worked this system out: When a hen acts seriously broody, (several days to a week), I wait till dark and move her to a big wire brooding cage with just a couple eggs. ... Not for eggs under a broody hen at least.

It's not uncommon for a laying hen to go broody, especially in the early spring and summer months.For those who need to refresh your flock, try allowing the hen to sit on a clutch of eggs (usually 10 to 14), and let them hatch out naturally into fluffy baby chicks. The only downside to chicks that are raised from a broody hen is that they generally are more skittish around humans than those raised in an incubator, but honestly, I’m cool with that. They will then get moved back under her and others will be moved where she cannot cover them so they will cool off and die. So you have decided to hatch some chicken eggs and keep chooks.

If you have the fertilized eggs and no quail hens, then you need to use a broody hen to sit and hatch them. I've got 4 quails and 1 is definitely a male as I've seen them mating and also the white stuff comes out when you squeeze him. The following instructions will help you build an incubator. my chicken sits on my other chickens sterile egg, when there is 2 I take 1 so it's always only sitting on 1. Hi. Cons: You don’t always have a broody hen when you need one, or hatching eggs for the broody hen … I've had a broody hen for sometime now and I've been trying to get it to hatch quail eggs with no luck. It's not uncommon for a laying hen to go broody, especially in the early spring and summer months.For those who need to refresh your flock, try allowing the hen to sit on a clutch of eggs (usually 10 to 14), and let them hatch out naturally into fluffy baby chicks. Hatching quail eggs without an incubator is possible by three methods. The standard size chicken eggs might damage the quail eggs. Or else the best way is to make an incubator using recycled matter. You can either get quail hens to sit on and hatch them. Whether you are doing it for purely utilitarian reasons, educational reasons or because you have a terrible chicken addiction (I may possibly fall into this last category) there are a few important basics to get your head around. Whatever you decide to do, good luck!
I've had a broody hen for sometime now and I've been trying to get it to hatch quail eggs with no luck. Below you will find the information you need to get your very own adorable quail chicks. Hatching Eggs – The Broody Hen. If the number of eggs is allowed to build up to where the broody cannot cover them all, some will cool off and die. I've got 4 quails and 1 is definitely a male as I've seen them mating and also the white stuff comes out when you squeeze him. If you intend to use the broody to hatch your eggs, make sure they are fertile. I have 6 eggs in an incubator and 5 eggs under a broody hen here in Cornwall, England.