daxigirl Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Thora Birchen is I believe having a go at being broody having comandeered todays eggs in the littlies house. If she is/stays broody how many eggs would she realistically be able to sit on? She's just a tiny modern game bantam. She growled at me, she normally leaps at me for a squish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 not more than three very small eggs or maybe five of her own Personally I wouldnt use her to be a broody, they dont hold a massive amount of body condition and are very sensitive to environmental changes - I'd say she could be prone to illness or lose a lot of condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 It's worn off this morning, so no worries there then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 No the broody monster has returned with a vengeance. I've just emptied the bedding out the nest box and put a baking wire rack in it's place and made the others a nest box in the run. Perhaps that will fox her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Well I admit defeat. To restore peace in the littluns camp I have relented and bought TB some eggs to sit on. A Wyandotte, a Bitsa and a Scots Grey (banties of course). She was delighted this morning when I presented them to her in the nest box and was busy arranging them when I left her. Hopefully the others will be left in peace by the broody monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 It will be a miracle if TB hatches anything. I found her sitting on 4 Sunday, so whilst her back was turned whipped the offending egg away. Lo and behold when I went to take her off the eggs in the afternoon to get some refreshments she still had 4, so one of the others must have done one next to her which she then stole. Yesterday when I looked in she had left her eggs to sit on the freshly laid ones , hers were still warm so popped her back on the throne and removed temptation. What a funny little bird she is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 I candled TB's eggs when she wasn't looking and 2 are good and 1's a blank which I hid from her. Don't know which eggs are which though so very exciting. She's now ensconced in the cat basket in the lounge much to the others delight at having the coop back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 She's hanging in there. We've got a routine now where she comes out for refreshments has a flap & squark then her egg size poop before slowly high stepping (it's like she's creeping back so as not to disturb them) back to her eggs. She is eating in between as the best bits of Garvo are always gone from the bowl. Only trouble is Brillo has now started comandeering the eggs and nest box in the banties coop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Thought those of you who've read about Thora's broodiness would like an update. Thora Birchen is a mummy. When I went to do her water etc she lifted up a fraction to show me a tiny black chick so I took the shell away. Loud cheeping can be heard from the other egg too. What a clever wee bird. . She still growled at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Aww lovely news!!! Well done both of you!! So what did you let her hatch in the end?? (or did I miss that??) I'm getting all edgy here as my second broody Molly is on day 18!!! So hopefully more cute fluffies here on mon!!! Oh dare I mention pics.......please when you get a chance! Enjoy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 There are only 2 out of the 3 she started with and they hadn't been marked so they could be a Scots Grey, a Bitsa or a Wyandotte (can't remember if it was pencilled or laced). The first has black legs and beak. Brillo is sitting on 2 silkies and a poland. I tried putting her in the cat box like TB but she was not impressed and wouldn't settle so had to put her back with the other bantys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 No 2 is here. It's black and yellow not dry yet but cheeping and moving about. What a happy mummy I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 I've had a try at feather sexing TBs babies and it looks to be a couple of girlies. So they're going to be Mavis Cruet and Willo. Total time wasters, spent hours watching her chatting to them and showing them how to eat and drink. I didn't know she could make those noises. She hasn't got the hang of the fact that they can't fly so can't follow when she comes out of the indoor cage. Now Brillo is a whole new kettle of fish in the broody department. She's still in residence in the banty coop as my efforts to move her into the cat box have failed miserably. She cries pitifully for her friends, paces up and down and loses all interest in her eggs. She also loses interest when food is on offer or the 7 week olds need repelling or she's bored. I thought silkies were suposed to be brilliant at broodiness? Really not expecting anything to come from her halfhearted efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Hi Sarah i always move mine on a batch of duff eggs then they can have a paddy and decide they dont want to be broody or they can go and sit on their eggs in their new house some of them can be a right pain.How are all your other birds did you manage to sex the little ones in doors would you like a couple of lovely little day old turkey poults when they hatch out the incy so you can grow your own christmas dinner leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hi Leanne The 3 Marans boys got a new home but the other 4 didn't (feel very guilty) . Don't think I'm cut out for a Turkey under the circumstances. It turned out the Legauna's were black legs = girls and the yellow legs = boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I have a few spare pekin boys at the mo that i will try and rehome if not they will be culled not looking foward to it i am keeping them for now as i have managed to make up two trios unrelated as i got 3 loads of eggs of different people so i could pair and trio them up to try and save some of the boys and i have some really young chicks that hopefully will all be girls the 4 spare boys are 6 weeks and crowing but it sounds like a rat squeeking and you cant hear it and its only in their house and not in the garden hope you have better luck with your broodies chicks being girls leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 So that's your boys I can hear of a morning then? Just jesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 I've removed Brillo's eggs as she was doing such a rubbish job (I candled them just in case but they had stopped developing quite early on by the look of it). She seems to have got over it. On the other hand Thora B is doing wonderfully with her 2 babies. They've moved to the rabbit hutch in the garden this morning. I think that Mavis Cruet is the Wyandotte and Willo is the Scots Grey. (Is anyone willing to let me send them a photo to put on here as I'm so rubbish at it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
