bantie hens

EastTyrone

can anyone on here who hatches pheasants out by using banties telll me how they do it show the set up etc, and how do yes make the banties go broody? or do u just wait for her to show signs of it and then pop the eggs under her|?

Dvs

There is not really any way of making them go broody,
except giving them the opportunity to sit on eggs,
If you get a bantam hen that is inclined to be broody,
they will vitually try to hatch stones.

If you have the hens laying, you can try leaving the eggs in a nest box
to see if they will sit on them or if they are not,
you can put some eggs in a nest box to see if they will sit.

If you don't have a hen already,
you can see if someone else has one that is broody,
they would be glad to get rid of it unless they want it to hatch eggs themselves,
as is it is a pain to go to collect the eggs,
and have one that keeps sitting in a nest box and not laying.



Dvs.

EastTyrone

i've a buffsussex hen who occassionaly takes to sitting on 3 or 4 eggs for 2 or 3 hours and if you put an egg near her she will get up and put that egg under neath her, so when she does go broody i just put a few pheasant eggs under her and let nature take its coarse?

buckasssailor

ya it would be grand to let her hatch pheasants
just make sure she is separated away from the rest of your flock
a buff sussex should be well able for upto 8 hen eggs so she would be able for a good bit more pheasant eggs

EastTyrone

good, good, but where aboouts do you buy the eggs at??

buckasssailor

well i dont hatch pheasnt yet I only breed chickens
but there does be a few ad`s on Done Deal selling them

mallards

EastTyrone wrote: »

good, good, but where aboouts do you buy the eggs at??

PM me your number ET and I will give you some this weekend if your ready for them.

Cheers,

Mallards

EastTyrone

mallards wrote: »

PM me your number ET and I will give you some this weekend if your ready for them.

Cheers,

Mallards

not ready yet mallards, my hen hasnt went fully broody yet, how long can you kedep them for?

mallards

Give me a shout when your ready and I will get you fresh ones then.

Cheers,

Mallards

welsummer

leave a half dozen dummy eggs in the nest and it will encourage to go broody. bit early in the year yet

EastTyrone

welsummer wrote: »

leave a half dozen dummy eggs in the nest and it will encourage to go broody. bit early in the year yet

aye i was thinking that, what time of year would yours be broody at?

johno2

When they're hatching, be careful about making load noises nearby. That can kill the chicks in the shell, especially during the last week.

johno

patakadarragh

You need to get yourself a silkie or silkie cross much better clocker than a sussex