sari Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 My Cream Legbar has just come into lay. We've had 4 eggs in a fortnight.....Today, I had a protracted spring clean in the WIR, and spent an hour and a half in there, in the morning, when normally I spend my hen time in the afternoon. I thought the CL was going to lay as she was really noisy and seemed to be complaining that I'd taken her house to bits and was washing it. When I put the base back, and started to Aubiose and DE it, she kept going in and coming out again...then scratched about in the nest box for ages, which they all do anyway, and kicked all the Aubiose out...She then sat down and fluffed up for about half an hour......I turfed her out and she stayed out. When I cleaned the nest box earlier I found some herb stems and bits of dried cabbage leaves in the nest box So is Gertie going broody, or is this just natural behaviour I've not observed before, because I'm normally at work at this time of day! Sorry for the ramble....I wanted to get all the info down, so you merry Omleteers can advise me. I've read the sticky on Broody hens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 When mine are going broody and you turf them out of the nest they make a real racket Never found any food in the nest though. Just fluffy bad tempered chook Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks for your reply...I was wondering if she was trying to make a nest?! She's always been a funny thing, she was a bullied runty thing, a sympathy hen....so I'm always a bit protective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 A broody wouldn't stay out for long, if I shut Muppet out ( which I do when she goes broody) she will just pancake in the middle of the run as if to say ' well I'll just hatch my babies here then, so there !' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 She was out i the run today...so perhaps I was doing the newbie panic... This has led to a rather frank discussion with my YD, aged 9, who thought hatching chicks would be nice, until we talked about unwanted boys...and how lots end up being dispatched at a day old....she keeps looking quite sternly at me now. She didn't drink milk for weeks when the storyline about Bull calves going for slaughter was being played out on the Archers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...