dixie chick Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Can anyone clear up my confusion? I put Mrs Moss into the broody cage on Friday night because she was showing all the classic signs of broodiness - and this is her 3rd or 4th time this year so I do recognise it easily now... This morning - so she has been in the cage 36 hours - there is an egg that has dropped through the bottom of the cage. I let her out, but she she was still all puffed up and after joining the others for a quick bite of breakfast she headed straight off for a nestbox and started nestling down, muttering to herself..so I lifted her back into the broody cage. It is the egg that is confusing me.....I thought that broodiness meant no eggs. Am I doing the right thing by putting her back in the cage? Can someone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Simple question. Can a broody hen still lay an egg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Just to guess at the answer to my own question - (since "Ooops, word censored!"ody offered any other explanation) the egg found on Saturday morning was probably the last in the 'clutch' that she was hoping to incubate..... there have been no eggs since and she is still in the broody cage - acting very broody. I am only posting this in case it helps anyone else out there who has experienced this .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 they will stop laying when they go broody. Although I had one lay in a broody cage once, ah the guilt I felt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindafw Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Bilbo the buff Orpington shows classic signs of broodiness whilst laying the last one or two of the clutch she thinks she should have ...she also hops on anyone else's eggs if she can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 they will stop laying when they go broody. Although I had one lay in a broody cage once, ah the guilt I felt Exactly the same guilt felt here! And the egg was broken of course - falling through the bars onto the concrete floor - double guilt!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
