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 ...

If you are looking to place newly hatched chicks with a hen, you could save yourself some work and give them a more natural experience. Introducing chicks to a broody hen requires some guidance but ...

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 ...

I am a poultry farmer in Kitengela and I noticed something unique my neighbour also a poultry farmer, was doing. Recently he had a broody chicken that had sat on eggs for the entire 21 days of ...

This is an experiment I conducted to hatch out quail eggs by using a broody chicken. The concept is the broody hens will sit on the quail eggs and hatch them out so I decided to try this method of ...

Last week, one of the hens refused to vacate the laying box. When approached, she growled like an electric kettle on the edge of boiling. Determined to get my end of the bargain, I reached under her ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to stop a broody hen using an ice pack. #chickens #broodyhen ...

We’re trying to get the depleted (we think raccoons) chicken flock to reproduce itself, but I am not confident.You’d think that reproductive behaviors — not that kind! This is a family newspaper — ...