miss-hennypenny Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 My wyandotte bantam, Gloria has thank God, now been out of broodiness for 5 days. So nice to have her back- I am sure she would make a great mother, but to the rest of us, she was downright anti-social! Anyway I was just wondering how long it takes for them to start laying again, does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 ours laid today - not sure but about 5-7 days I'd guess after she stopped being broody. Mind you she wasn't the most determined broody I've ever seen and I can't remember how long its taken before....bit worrying that, realising I can't remember what happened last summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantambabe Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I've had one which sulked and then went broody and hasn't laid for about 8 weeks. The other 2 went broody 3 weeks ago so I got mean with them - each day they were all shut out of the eglu in the WIR. After about 10 days of doing this I noticed that they weren't all charging back into the eglu to sit down the second I opened the door so figured they were getting over it. 4 days later we had 2 eggs again and we've had 2 a day since. The original broody still isn't laying again, but her comb is growing so hopefully it won't be long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss-hennypenny Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Well Gloria has just answered my question- she has just laid her first egg a week post-broody. That's a total of 4 weeks not earning her keep! I only have 3 hens, so when 2 are broody, egg reserves seriously plummet- I was even near to the point at one stage of having to buy some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchens Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 That's a total of 4 weeks not earning her keep! Thats not bad going I've got 2 pekin bantams sitting tight (on nothing). Last year they were both broody for the whole summer dispite me trying every trick in the book to "un-broody" them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 well I'm actually of all this broodiness! I have an orp who is making a very poor half-hearted job at broodiness and we're trying to get her to sit on some eggs. she does the growling and fluffing when she is actually sitting on them but gets bored during the day and walks off.... negligent mummy-to-be. It's probably just as well the eggs won't hatch as i'm sure she'd neglect the babes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss-hennypenny Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 I thought Orp's were born to be broody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
