Ameraucana momma

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New babies started hatching last night

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We had to move the older birds to make way for two momma's..and this is what we came up with

Yahoo!! New babies, always a delight! I love the set up with the dog fence for the coop, looks awesome and very secure. Have a most wonderful day, CynthiaM.

Nice pics, I always like seeing other peoples set up. Very creative.

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That is a good idea with the portable kennel.
So how many did you hatch out with broody hens this year?
Thanks for posting. 

This hen above just hatched 11 or 12/14...not sure the actual count. And my Buff hatched out 8/12. I am very pleased, and will hatch eggs under my broodies in the future...it is so easy, and they do such a good job...more pics to come with another "rider"
hopefully people don't mind all the pics. I will also post pics of all our temporary set ups waiting for the big house to be completed.

I am looking forward to seeing the new house you are building, it sounded like it would be nice.

she had 12!

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I didn't think Ameraucanas went broody, but at the moment I have one setting on 8 turkey eggs, and they candled fertile and growing. Crossing fingers.

I had a broody blue ameraucana this summer - surprised the heck out of me! But she kept getting booted off her nest so in the end I took her eggs and put them in the incubator. Got one. Aaaaandd it's a rooster  

I have put up wire to separate mine from the rest of the flock.

So sweet. Great job lil' mama!   

I've actually had quite a few broody Ameraucanas, though it's usually a one time thing. They experience motherhood and never want to do it again.

I have 12 ameraucanas; I wonder if one will ever go broody.  I did watch for it, as I read they can, but I sure did not expect most of my chanteclers to want to be mothers, though only two actually got it right.  One only took care of the chicks for a month, and though a good mother the first three weeks, couldn't wait for it to end, and is already broody again! The other doesn't want to quit, and her chicks are almost 7 weeks old.  Next I guess is getting them accepted into the main pens - one for chanteclers, and a bigger one for the rest of my mixed flock.  I would so love one of those huge barns!  How did my original 9 chicks morph into 31 laying hens plus assorted roosters, and now 12 more homegrown chicks, in only 3 short years?!

Aunt Ruth...as we call her...waited until she had 15 eggs in her nest. Chuck kept saying she isn't going to sit....and i said...lets just wait and see. When she had 15..she started to sit.

Good for aunt ruth thatis a lot of chicks

My Ameraucana is now proud momma to 4 turkey chicks. One was born with a crooked beak and missing an eye, but is doing as well as the others. Guess we'll name that one 'dinner'.