Lorax Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Our speckledy is, thus far, the only one of our chooks to go broody. She did it last year just as the weather changed and she's done it again..do you think this means we are finally going to get some sunny weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorax Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Sorry for typos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Two of my silkie crosses have been broody for over two weeks now and my third one joined them yesterday. I got fed up with them and have booted them out of the big house into the sin bin where hopefully as none of them are laying they will have no eggs to sit on. They seem to be geting back to normal after 24 hours of seperation but they can stay in there a bit longer. I nicknamed them the witches of eastwick, little madams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Oh no! I have a naughty speckledy who is always broody. Hope she doesn't start yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharon1 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yep, my little wyandotte Ivy has also gone broody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 My speckledy stopped a month ago...and has been having a post broody moult ever since but is laying again. Could do without another broody phase atm....Are you listening, Brigid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 My Silkie has gone broody too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 My Light Sussex is broody now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 My Buff Sussex bantam has been broody the past couple of weeks. She is very grumpy. Saronne x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Annoyingly Sage, my young Wyandotte is showing all the signs of being broody, I was hoping for a broody, but a mature mum not some young flipperty jibbet. So it's the slammer for her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Seems we all have one. I keep finding a screaming banshee in the nest box and when she's turfed out in the garden she mutters constantly and will take on anyone. She was such a nice shy little wyandotte last week. Hormones eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharon1 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I take it Wyandotte's are prone to broodiness. Do Aruacana's and Appenzellers go broody at all by any chance? Hope not. When I lift my little Wyandotte out of the coop she just plants herself on the ground stubbornly and doesn't move until she cools down and then runs back in the coop omitting food and water on route, am quite concerned she doesnt eat/drink enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Sounds broody Sharon. If you are concerned you could try dunking her in cold water to get her out of it or you could put her in a dog crate on bricks with food and water for 3 days to enable her to cool down. Seems harsh but I believe it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 We've got rain today in London - having had sun for days - so now we know who to blame - a little broody speckeldy hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Broody Barbara has come out today. It is a lot cooler at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 My Light Sussex is broody now Mine too - it's been over a week now (Little does she know that nestbox arrangements will be changing this weekend when my new roll away chick boxes arrive ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Two Pekins broody, and on eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I would love to hatch eggs under my broody but I couldn't deal with any cockerels. What will you do with yours Mollie? I thought about Cream Legbars as you can tell their sex at 1 day old apparently but I couldn't kill a cute fluffy chick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
