geb0205 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 One of my littlies (Fuzz) appears to be CONSTANTLY broody at the moment. Currently, shes sitting on the eglu nest, and pecking anyone and everything that dares so much as breathe at her, let alone go near her. Obviously its causing ruptions when she does eventually come out and socialise for a little wile (the others are pecking her when she feeds and are being generally nasty to her). Is it normal for them to be SO broody? she only started laying late last year, could it be hormones settling? (do chickens have hormonal problems?!) Any advice, I dont quite know what to do at the moment. I am loathed to put her in a broody cage, and they all free range constantly all day, so I dont have the eglu run set up. Obviously, Puzz is laying eggs (the other littlie)and Fuzz is nicking her eggs and sitting on them. I do remove them (with the help of a scoop to keep the beak at bay!) Silly creatures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Close the Eglu door when everyone has laid. I placed a blue frozen ice pack thingy in the nest box when one of mine went broody. I changed it every few hours for about 4 days. It did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 One of my girls is frequently broody and obsessively so I swear by a broody cage, it only takes two nights away from the nest for her to snap out of it. Even though you feel guilty about doing it is an effective solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yup - broody cage did the trick for my littlest bantie last year when she went super broody Only took 2 days and she was fine - no probs since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Ice packs and dunking in cool water worked for mine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
