Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 ........or just a bad tempered little minx After I turfed her off she ranted for a while but did stay outside for the rest of the day.........I hope we don't go through this every day she spits fire & brimstone at the other bantams when she's on the nest Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 About to be broody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 Whooppee .......I'll need to get the Pekin Run fox-proof sooner than I thought so I can fit the dog cage in for the monster minx to sleep in for a day or two Holly also had a turn in there this afternoon & I evicted her too..next thing I knew, whilst moving the cube to it's new position, DS was catching an airborne Holly ...we let her carry on her tirade & rant up the new run & into the nestbox....DD went up to check on her demeanour only to find one exiting chook bottom and a very warm egg in the nest......we felt very at turfing her out before she was ready Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Maybe just a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 bless her! if I knew you wanted a broody so badly Sha you could have borrowed Pepsi... although shes been fixed now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 Oh no, I don't WANT a broody, this little minx lays for about 10 days then goes broody of her own free will ......well that's what she did in Sept/Oct when she first started laying..I hope the egg drought this time is shorter than the last one (all winter until about 2 weeks ago ) Also the last time I had a proper broody (Buffie) all her sisters came out in sympathetic maternity leave ie no eggs....the Pekins had better not follow their example Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 no no you DO want Pepsi... I am not putting up with her naughtiness next time.. she can travel to Auntie Sha... Blossom is sooo sweet and cute and couldn't be any trouble... could she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 Small in size...big in attitude You're an expert now anyway, one look at the broody cage & she'll snap out of it instantly Got to go to bed now..can't keep eyes open (have posted pics of the Pekin run on the Run section ) Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 aww bless her little broody self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I love the way she kept shouting "NO!" at you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Arrrrrhhhh bless her little featherey feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I love the way she kept shouting "NO!" at you Yes, I love the indignant squawking every time you got your hand near her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 She is cute! ahhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Don't you just love a broody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Stroppy broody little madams arnt they My frizzle Noodle is broody at the moment, i never would have imagined she could lift her bum so high up, it looks like shes doing a headstand when i go to turf her out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 3 D's Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 dont even talk to me about broodies!! Got my buff orp in there now...she takes up most of the cube nest box...i think if i were to video moving her off, i would have no camera left by the end of it lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 Well just to update you all......Missy Stroppy Pants is not broody, she's been tootling around the run & although there were 3 eggs in the nestbox when we got home, she was downstairs & as happy as she normally is Sorry to have got all your hopes up, but very glad I won't have to break the mood or get her some eggs to sit on.............yet Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I've got two broodys but only one gets to sit in the nest box until I turf them both out. The other girls are still laying in the nest box so she must move out of the way for them. Both in full strop mode though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Now why couldn't mine have stayed broody? Millefleur eggs totally abandoned & probably go to waste. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 The Banshee Pancake impression is very much in evidence today ......she looks like she's on some kind of drug or an overwound toy when I remove her from the nest box & put her in the run some 15 metres away....she threw some bits & bobs of leaves etc in the air like a petulant brat.......steamed up the run, stopped for a slurp of water & a few pellets, leapt into the dust bath & flung some soil around....jumped up on the perches in the cube run, shrieking at the top of her lungs, then disappeared back into the nestbox She's now sitting in there all fluffed up with her tail nearly touching her head she's so agitated..........do I get some eggs or break the mood Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Shouldn't laugh really as Butch goes broody at the drop of a hat. She was really telling you off though wasn't she Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 I've made a decision.....broodiness is not part of the plan for this week........ Missy Stroppy Pants is now in the run with the door to the house & nestbox firmly closed I can't fit my dog cage into the run so she would be foxproof but separate, and I don't think she'd be overly impressed at waking up in the morning trapped in the dog cage in the WIR with 11 big girls in close proximity The run is covered with a sheet of plastic and there's a perch in there for her to roost on....once she's stopped stamping from one end to the other & shouting her little head off The other little ones were avoiding her as she was in such a foul mood at being kept from the nestbox, so separation was the only option for now........ I don't feel comfortable going away for a few days the week after next & leaving her with a friend in charge, however competent he is with creatures, I don't think it's fair on him maybe next time she can have some babies Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
