Is In Broody Jail And She Is Not Happy. She went broody earlier this week, shes only 6 months old, shes a mixed BO/RIR I hatched out in March. I have had almost every one of my hens go broody this year! I've decided to NOT give her any eggs and try to break her out of her broodiness. I've read to keep her in a cage for a couple of days so the air can cool her down?
* I went and checked on her already this morning... shes doing fine in jail, lol
LOL, I've never tried to stop mine from being broody. I'm interested to see if this works. We sold all our chickens in June, but are thinking we may have to get 6 or so. I miss having the eggs!
ReplyDeleteI hope it works... Oh girl get ya some more chickens, lol. I would hate to be without my fresh eggs!
ReplyDeleteI know........I do miss them!
ReplyDeleteYup, read caging like that works. Last summer I sat one broody hen in a pan of cool water then locked her out of coop for two days. That worked too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy pics of your chickens and duckies(?)
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Thank You Wonky Girl.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. I've never tried it either. Great idea though.
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Thanks Verde Farm... I'm so glad I finally tried it and it worked, now I'll know what to do come spring when they all go broody again, lol. I'd love to let them all hatch chickies whenever they want to but cant, if I had a bigger yard I would :)
ReplyDeletejust found your blog! i love chickens but am not allowed to have any...the 'bad' husband says NO! oh well, i can live vacariuosly through my chicken bloggy buddies!
ReplyDeleteGlad you found my blog Kritter Kipper. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do, Stop in often and see whats going on at Our Little Farm :)
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