BocBoc Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 My sin bin offering is Ninja - our Speckeldy. She's been broody twice now since we got her earlier this year. The first time lasted about two weeks, this time is never ending. I've given up worrying about it, just pluck her out of the nesting box when I get home from work and shut the door to the Eglu. She's happy free-ranging until bedtime - and then in the morning it starts all over again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I've just put the sin bin back in the shed, which guarantees another broody soon. So far this summer it has been used for:- Deryn, the silver-laced wyanote four times! Dilys, the lavender pekin twice Gwladys, the frizzle silkie once All bantams currently back in lay, but Deryn only lays about 6 eggs then goes broody again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I've just put the sin bin back in the shed, which guarantees another broody soon. So far this summer it has been used for:-Deryn, the silver-laced wyanote four times! Dilys, the lavender pekin twice Gwladys, the frizzle silkie once docsquid do you by any chance have a picture of Gwladys? I don't want to hijack this post but I'd really like to see what a Frizzled Silkie looks like. I have a Silkie cockerel and several frizzles and have been wondering about the mix especially as my frizzles don't seem to have the same longing to be broody that my silkies have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I know we love photo's so here is Rita on day3 of her THIRD jail sentence. I thought she might break yesterday but noooooo she ran straight into the when I opened them up this morning! Untitled by jewilk71, on Flickr Untitled by jewilk71, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Yea she looks quite comfortable in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Poor Poppy has now served 1.5 days of a 3 day sentence for being a broody miss But..... having never done this before I'm beginning to crack and don't know if I'll make it to Friday afternoon to let her out!! She looks so forlorn and seems to be doing the "but I'm better now, honest" face! Basically I'm a bit worried her makeshift cage (which is inside the main WIR) is a bit on the small side - what's the smallest size broody cage you'd recommend for a hybrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 for the FORTH time this year we have Lovely Rita pancaked in the nest... is she broody or is she battening down the hatches for the impending hurricane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 for the FIFTH time this year....yes - you guessed it Lovely Rita is broody again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Spooks pekin, cobwebb silkie, pumpkin milefleur pekin have consistently taken turns being broody since April and show no signs of giving up as I have some old girls who may not be here next spring I may take a chance and hatch a few newbies in the spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Sweetpea broody for the fifth time this year as well. Iris is broody again, I have forgotten how many times this year. She was broody for a week just over three weeks ago and went broody again over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 guess who again yes....rita! I swear these repeated jail sentences just make her tougher.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Generally speaking the fluffier the hen the more likely she is to go broody, obviously there are exceptions to this but I've just learned to live with my persistent offenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Bling and Bromley to the sin bin please ..................both of them squashed in the Eglu nest box I've lost count of how many times they've been broody. Just as well I don't rely on them for eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Iris is broody yet again. Only six days un broody since the last time and no eggs in between either. She is losing her place in the flock as she is always away from the other Hens in the broody cage, some of the other Hens have started to be mean to her when she is put back with them. I plan to set up the red Eglu for her and elderly Bubbles who does not lay any more. Bubbles won't mind if Iris hogs the nest box and Iris will have a Hen friend. I will never have a Speckled Star hybrid again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Here I am again Iris has been broody for a week now. She is sitting tight and is in a foul mood. She was not broody in October but chose instead to have a mini moult until the middle of November and then went broody for a couple of days. No broodiness from the middle of November until last week, no eggs for, well I can't remember when she last laid an egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 she's not fulfilling her job description, is she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heth1986 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Oh my, my girls can live in here! 1 x white silkie, Ram Jam - broody for 4 weeks, laid for 2 weeks, broody for another 3 weeks and then gave up for the winter! = no eggs since OCTOBER 1 x black silkie, Black Betty - broody constantly, about 10 eggs since SEPTEMBER?! I know, I know, that's what you get for buying silkies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Totally sympathise, Cilla, black silkie was broody for weeks in the cold weather so didnt have the heart to sin bin her, few weeks of laying and now broody again. She still makes me smile as I take her off the nest several times daily and shut the pop hole if I know the others have laid, she will have a potter and then "nests" in any covenient spot. The saving grace is that she is also greedy so eats plenty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Iris came out of her broodiness yesterday I couldn't put her in the wire cat carrier has we have had some terrible weather, very cold, gales, snow and sleet. If I had put her in the shed she would have had perfect broody conditions, warm and dark. Iris is such a strange Hybrid Hen, always broody and she no longer makes normal Chicken noises. Even when she is not broody she makes the broody clock, clocking noise, I think she has forgotten how to cluck and bok. Well no doubt I will be back posting here in a few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
