4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Janepie33]

I have just put Biscuit into a broody cage in the kitchen and she is pacing up and down clucking her disaproval! Didn't like to leave her outside as the upside down guineapig cage doesn't look fox proof and it is too big to go into the cube run.

 

Oh well. At least Lottie will be brave enough to enter the nest box to lay her egg tomorrow, instead of being bullied by broody Biscuit and laying her egg in the run where a rake is required to retreive it.

 

Has anyone ever cured broodiness in the kitchen before?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

No, but I know what you mean about feeling mean . Molly paced for quite some time but then seemed to become resigned to her fate and settled down .

[HENthusiastic]

I love mutley

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Thank you . Although it doesn't really match the mood if I'm doing serious or sympathetic posts .

[Hangman]

The hen is probably upset because she feels vulnerable - try putting her somewhere quiet and if possible, above ground level and enclosed - she should settle down then.

 

Let us know how it goes

[Sky]

A question on this subject - once the broody hen is returned to the rest of the flock is there a problem with the other s accepting her again?

[Egluntyne]

If the broody cage has been within sight and sound of the other hens, I have not found it to be a problem. When my girl was broody the other week I stood the borrowed dog crate up on bricks in the WIR.

 

She just joined the gang again when she had come to her senses.

[Daphne]

the only problem I can think of is that if your kitchen is warm it may take longer for her to cool down - she won't have the cooler air flowing through her undercarriage so to speak.

[HENthusiastic]

the only problem I can think of is that if your kitchen is warm it may take longer for her to cool down - she won't have the cooler air flowing through her undercarriage so to speak.

 

You could pop her in the fridge

[Daphne]

yes and tell her if she doesn't snap out of it the next stop will be the oven

[HENthusiastic]