http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-stop-broody-hen-25 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-stop-broody-hen-25/comment-page-5#comment-73738 judz Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:44:54 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=25#comment-73738 lol oh thats wonderful.. yes mine like too try the nest out at night also but i have a broody cage in there so she dont get a choice.. hehe, i think sunday is turning..again sigh..wtf.. winter they slow down summer they should lay... she has laied all though winter, now its bout spring time here.. shes makin wierd pigeion noises.. so they r out in the sun in their portable coop.. today..ive been doing this the last few days as we have had nice weather again.. im hopin that this will sway her bak too continue laying.. olly on the other hand mmm.. she just came out of broody just as wintere started, she laied maybe every 2-3 days.. last few weeks the gap has been geting bigger, like 5 days then she would lay.. im on day 4 now with no olly egg.. she too is out in the sun with her sis.. im hopin this will help.. :) lol oh thats wonderful.. yes mine like too try the nest out at night also but i have a broody cage in there so she dont get a choice.. hehe, i think sunday is turning..again sigh..wtf.. winter they slow down summer they should lay… she has laied all though winter, now its bout spring time here.. shes makin wierd pigeion noises.. so they r out in the sun in their portable coop.. today..ive been doing this the last few days as we have had nice weather again.. im hopin that this will sway her bak too continue laying.. olly on the other hand mmm.. she just came out of broody just as wintere started, she laied maybe every 2-3 days.. last few weeks the gap has been geting bigger, like 5 days then she would lay.. im on day 4 now with no olly egg.. she too is out in the sun with her sis.. im hopin this will help..

]]> http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-stop-broody-hen-25/comment-page-5#comment-73736 Lauren Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:45:01 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=25#comment-73736 Well we gave in, in the end with one of our ladies who was constantly broody and gave her six fertile eggs to sit on we hatched 3, one sadly died but we now have 2 healthy thriving 1 1/2 month old chicks and an awesome mother hen :-) Well we gave in, in the end with one of our ladies who was constantly broody and gave her six fertile eggs to sit on we hatched 3, one sadly died but we now have 2 healthy thriving 1 1/2 month old chicks and an awesome mother hen

]]> http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-stop-broody-hen-25/comment-page-5#comment-73733 Trixie Collin Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:41:03 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=25#comment-73733 Mine try to sit on the nest even at night. Making a wire coop sorted her out Mine try to sit on the nest even at night. Making a wire coop sorted her out

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