Comments on: How to make a broody coop to stop your chickens and bantams being broody (takes 1 hour to make) http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-make-a-broody-coop-for-your-chickens-and-bantams-in-under-an-hour-289 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andy123 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-make-a-broody-coop-for-your-chickens-and-bantams-in-under-an-hour-289/comment-page-5#comment-73849 andy123 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:07:43 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=289#comment-73849 My silky is broody and i have just locked her out of the coop so that she can roam the garden with the three chicks she has raised. the 3 chicks being 2 cockerels and a hen but they seem to run away when the mother who is broody comes near them now. she keeps trying to interact with them but they just keep moving away so then she tries to get back in the coop which i close off in the day, due to the fact that she will just sit in the nest all day. my question is can i just get some chicks instead of eggs or do i only have the option of eggs so she can hatch them. the reason i ask is because it seems a instant solution other than eggs. any help well appreciated thanks andy My silky is broody and i have just locked her out of the coop so that she can roam the garden with the three chicks she has raised. the 3 chicks being 2 cockerels and a hen but they seem to run away when the mother who is broody comes near them now. she keeps trying to interact with them but they just keep moving away so then she tries to get back in the coop which i close off in the day, due to the fact that she will just sit in the nest all day. my question is can i just get some chicks instead of eggs or do i only have the option of eggs so she can hatch them. the reason i ask is because it seems a instant solution other than eggs.

any help well appreciated thanks andy

]]> By: Kory http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-make-a-broody-coop-for-your-chickens-and-bantams-in-under-an-hour-289/comment-page-5#comment-73711 Kory Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:23 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=289#comment-73711 I have only one broody hen and it was not a pleasant ending. You could tell that the hen was in a lot of pain. So sad :( I have only one broody hen and it was not a pleasant ending. You could tell that the hen was in a lot of pain. So sad :(

]]> By: May http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-make-a-broody-coop-for-your-chickens-and-bantams-in-under-an-hour-289/comment-page-5#comment-73180 May Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:12:57 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=289#comment-73180 Your article about an isolation coop up off the ground was a great idea. I isolated my broody chicken into a coop/dog kennel lined with chicken wire for a week. When her comb turned red I released her into the flock. She no longer is broody but she has been out of isolation for 5-6 days and still no eggs. She appears healthy. How long can I expect to wait before she starts laying again? She has not produced since late June. Your article about an isolation coop up off the ground was a great idea. I isolated my broody chicken into a coop/dog kennel lined with chicken wire for a week. When her comb turned red I released her into the flock. She no longer is broody but she has been out of isolation for 5-6 days and still no eggs. She appears healthy. How long can I expect to wait before she starts laying again? She has not produced since late June.

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