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[Space Chick]

Grace has now snapped out of her broodiness, but Peri is still broody.

 

When I have forced Peri off the nest and into the run with her sisters, a few of them have chased and pecked her. Nothing too nasty, but certainly unusual.

 

Is this normal, have others had this experience?

[Chook n Boo Mum]

No, I didn't find this with Blossom as she's top chook anyway, despite her diminutive size...small chook, big attitude

 

Buffie came out of the Bufflings run & made sure she had the first cross word with everyone just in case they planned to have a go at her....stroppy little minx, all is peaceful now though (except Snowdrop & her dislike of every chook smaller or younger than herself )

 

I hope they sort themselves out quickly Debs..had a watch of your webcam this afternoon as you were leaving the run...insistent little birdies aren't they...your side of the fence is so much better than theirs

 

Sha x

[ajayb]

Hi, I've had three of mine go broody over the last few months and they always get a negative reaction from the other girls when I remove them from the nest box for some exercise. I assumed they were just letting her know they didn't like the nest box being monopolised!

 

We have had a lot of inventive egg-laying locations over this time, so they clearly do feel excluded when the broody is in residence (even though they frequently share the nest box with a non broody chum ...)

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Actually, reading Ajayb's post, Buffie did get heckled & pecked when she was on her "comfort breaks", I'd forgotten that , maybe that's why she came out fighting when she'd finished raising the babies

 

Sha x