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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 0:18:31 GMT
Do I have a broody hen? I left probably 10 eggs and I noticed a hen sitting on them, she screeches and bites at you if you come near her, I took all the eggs from her since they are not fertilized, I only got 1 egg today normally 4-6. Is her behavior causing the other layers to lay elsewhere or not at all? Is the only way to break this is separate her? If I ordered some fertile eggs would she will be this way when they arrived? She is a RIR, she is probably 2 years old
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Post by bergere on May 4, 2015 11:18:03 GMT
I put my broody hens to work.
Some have found that dipping them part way in a bucket of cold well water, stops them from being broody. Another is.. putting them in a rabbit hutch, with a wire bottom... so they cool off.
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Post by aoconnor on May 4, 2015 11:36:17 GMT
I put my broody hens to work. Some have found that dipping them part way in a bucket of cold well water, stops them from being broody. Another is.. putting them in a rabbit hutch, with a wire bottom... so they cool off. I've heard about the cold water trick, I need to do that with my Silkie hens! Almost every one of them is stuffed under my coop bench in a corner, trying to sit on as many eggs as they can! Two hicks hatched, I thought that would break them up some...nope, it made the others more determined:-() |
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Post by bergere on May 4, 2015 14:18:59 GMT
Silkies are great broody hens. If there is another breed you have been interested in, you should get some hatching eggs and have the hens hatch them out for you.  |
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Post by aoconnor on May 4, 2015 14:48:26 GMT
Silkies are great broody hens. If there is another breed you have been interested in, you should get some hatching eggs and have the hens hatch them out for you. Lol! Good idea! I would love to put some Guinea eggs under a Silkie hen and see if she will hatch them;-) |
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