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[Richard]

I don't believe it!

 

I realise that I haven't been active on the forum for quite some time, so I apologise to anyone who has missed my special brand of grumpiness.

 

However, I am really fed up with broody chickens.

 

Daisy has just, today, snapped out of it after four weeks! I did everything - cold baths, isolation coop (all day in the old eglu run) all the dodges that I've read. Absolutely no use at all. I've just had to wait until she has come round of her own accord (just like waiting for her indoors when she's in a female strop or whatever).

 

And now I've got TWO Orps who've gone the same - Trinny and Suzanna have both started. They've got hormones like you wouldn't believe and are fighting to sit all day in the box.

 

What is it about them - why can't they just do the job and lay the eggs without all this faff - I don't have cockerals but I bet you don't get the same problems with them. Feed them, plenty of football on the telly, and a bit of leg over and I'm willing to bet that you don't get them flattening themselves in the cube, feathers akimbo, baring their tummies.

 

I don't know - I never had this trouble with evil Georgie.

[Janty]

We are all fed up with broodies too.

My brahmas seem to be the worst offenders at the moment. Thought that I had snapped one out of her broody stage earlier but she's back in the nesting box. Ahhhhhh!

[welsh sarah]

yes richard i have missed your wit glad to your back on form

sarah

[chelsea]

I am also completely fed up with my broodies. They go in and out of broodiness at the drop of a hat.

[Tessa the Duchess]

I certainly missed your grumpy self Richard.

 

I too am sick to death of broody chickens. Annie was broody for 10 weeks, then snapped out of it and three weeks later she's broody again. I wish there was a pill you could give them which would prevent this occuring.

 

Tessa

[Janty]

Forgot to say...welcome back.

 

 

Got room for any cochins yet?!!

[Helen&Lee]

We are all fed up with broodies too.

My brahmas seem to be the worst offenders at the moment. Thought that I had snapped one out of her broody stage earlier but she's back in the nesting box. Ahhhhhh!

 

Couldn't agree more on the Brahma front - mine have between them been constantly broody for all but 8 days since mid March.

 

Three of them have just started laying again, Doris is now on her second broody phase and this time I think she is even more determined....

 

Helen

[jills]

Just a thought but are some breeds worse than others?My pepperpot has gone broody twice in the two months I've had her, but my gingernut seems to be all round sensible. Touching wood like mad here...

[chelsea]

Just a thought but are some breeds worse than others?

 

seems to me that the "fluffy" chooks are the worst culprits. (brahmas, cochins and orpingtons).

[Helen&Lee]

Just a thought but are some breeds worse than others?

 

seems to me that the "fluffy" chooks are the worst culprits. (brahmas, cochins and orpingtons).

 

Someone told me (or maybe something I read ) that Silkies were really bad at going broody, when we were choosing what to have we walked round all these chicken places going 'Oh no, we can't have them they are prone to broodiness'... Hence we ended up with 4 Brahma's...

 

Helen