sadietoo Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Pansy has been out and about today, but this afternoon disappeared into the Eglu...for hours When I put some mealworms in the run she came out to enjoy a few treats but was making the deep cluck, cluck clucking noise she makes when she is broody....and soon retreated back to the nest box. I took a peep and I thought the familiar Chicken pancake greeted me... I wanted to nip this in the bud, and having read on here about a cunning plan to put ice-cubes under a broody I ransacked the freezer, and eventually found a coolpack thing, which I wrapped in newspaper before popping it under Pansy, who was still on the nest...she looked a bit like this I didn't want to give her frostbite, so I set the kitchen timer for 20 minutes, as I thought that would be long enough for a first go.. Of course when I went to retrieve the coolpack, she had laid an egg and wasn't really looking broody at all any more Poor little love, I feel sooo mean now - next time I'll wait a bit longer before I jump to conclusions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 AWW! Oh well, she will forgive you with a few mealworms, i guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 little minx......I have a similar problem with Drusilla one of the blue Orpies...she's spent all day in the nestbox in that pancake stance & was less than impressed at being evicted via the egg port..I'll go back out in a little while & see if she's gone back in....trouble is that although I have 6 eggs in the inccy which she could sit on & hatch in about a week, I've run out of eglus as maternity wards Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 :....trouble is that although I have 6 eggs in the inccy which she could sit on & hatch in about a week, I've run out of eglus as maternity wards :wall: Sha x Sha, is that really what the trouble is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 GUess where Drusilla was.............. :....trouble is that although I have 6 eggs in the inccy which she could sit on & hatch in about a week, I've run out of eglus as maternity wards :wall: Sha, is that really what the trouble is??? Not really, I've got my wooden house still sitting in the corner of the garden redundant I need to sort a run to go around the house & probably take the nesting box off to give me access to the inner "room"........I wonder if DH will be open to a little emergency DIY The way I've put it to him is that if the eggs go under 'Silla, then we won't have to house them indoors under heat etc...and "IMHO a chick raised by a mum is often healthier" though of course I have no evidence of this, before anyone starts jumping up & down Although I said that none of my Orpies would ever be allowed to be a broody again, I would be willing to risk it as the incubation period would be seriously reduced ie only a few days rather than 3 weeks.......we'll see if she stays put tomorrow, then I'll move her to the wooden house on Tuesday with the fake eggs & put the Marans in with her on Weds/Thurs if everything goes to plan Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
