advice needed!

[darren]

hi all i have a hen that has just started her second brood and i found the male dead tonight question : would the hen be able to sit on these,look after her self and bring them up? i also have 2 other hens down that are constantly in the nest box"s which havnt laid yet what im asking would it be possible to put these eggs under a hen and would they sit on them? it would be a shame to have to throw these eggs as the male was a nice looking bird

[brian1]

Dec 5, 2011 18:13:55 GMT darren said:

hi all i have a hen that has just started her second brood and i found the male dead tonight question : would the hen be able to sit on these,look after her self and bring them up? i also have 2 other hens down that are constantly in the nest box"s which havnt laid yet what im asking would it be possible to put these eggs under a hen and would they sit on them? it would be a shame to have to throw these eggs as the male was a nice looking bird

This happened to me darren and the hen reared them on her own,just keep the shavings clean as it will get a bit messy..........

[Deleted]

i also had this happen...the first time i had an aviary.....and the hen did good...she lost 2 chicks but had 4 healthy chicks...
id leave her to it ....but around now i would start putting 2inch of millit in the nest box ...and check and change every day ..i hope this helps

[darren]

hi brian,im gutted about him dieing such a lovely bird a freind of mine had won a few shows with him in the past,as long as the hen will be ok sitting and bringing up the young i will leave her be and hopefully he will have some more young to follow in his foot steps thanks for the reply

[darren]

hi mick i wil put some millet in the nest box with her good idea

[brian1]

Dec 5, 2011 19:13:19 GMT darren said:

hi brian,im gutted about him dieing such a lovely bird a freind of mine had won a few shows with him in the past,as long as the hen will be ok sitting and bringing up the young i will leave her be and hopefully he will have some more young to follow in his foot steps thanks for the reply

Yes I was darren,, I found him in the nest box,lets hope all goes well and you get a duplicate of the cock...........life goes on

[darren]

sure does mate and thanks again all

[gerwynmr2]

hi darren ,only thing i would add is make sure the hen has extra soft food and millet ,groats,i have a hen raising 3 on her own at the moment and had a hen last month raise 5 ,i just made sure to clean the nest box out and put fresh shavings in once a week and plenty of the food
regards gerwynmr2

[darren]

will do thanks all you have all been very helpfull

[darren]

this has been my first year breeding coming up to two and have only just had this happen so all is new to me lol but you all have been very helpfull and i exspect in the years to come no doubt i will come across more problems lol but with sites like this at least im not on my own

[Hezz]

Good luck with her, Darren. There are many people here who are more than happy to share their experiences, isn't it great? Hope the hen is a good mother.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Good luck Darren I am sure she will do great. As others said, give her plenty of food, preferably soft-food.