madchickenlady Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 My silkie bantam, Kiki, has been broody for about three weeks. I am regularly dumping her out of the nestbox, so I know that she is eating and drinking. I would usually broody cage her, but since she decided she wants to be a mum, the weather has been bitter. I don't want to risk her being on her own in these temperatures. She doesn't seem to be losing condition, but I lost a beloved pekin back in August, and I suspect that was partly due to her spending weeks on end broody. Would you risk caging her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 My Silkie went broody for 6 weeks she's only been out of it since Christmas Eve. I started the broody cage on the day, cube at night. Its too cold to leave her in a broody cage overnight. In the end, I just gave up and left her too it, she would do 3 days in the cage, pretend she was no longer broody for a day, and then be back to brooding. After 3 weeks off that, I thought it wasn't fair to either of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoura Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I'm just ignoring my silly broody chook (she sits there on an empty nest!) I just turf her out twice a day so that she gets some food and water but decided not to cage her for now, seemed too cruel in this weather! I don't blame her for wanting to sit in a warm cosy nest all day actually, that's what I want to do at the moment if I didn't have to go to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
