miller30 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Ive had enough now and can feel a big chicken soup coming on i now have a total of 15 broodies leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Oh no it's a broody OD! Quick breakout the emergency anti-broody coops Well that's pekins for you I couple of years back when I had 5 girls I threatened to install "broody towers" ........maybe that's what you need now Seriously how are your hatches going? My chicks are amazingly advanced. I think it's the warm weather They are more like 3 week olds. I think I'll try and post pics once they are 3 weeks and get some expert eyes on who is a girl or boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well I've been down and chucked 6 lemon cuckoo girls out the shed and shut the door custard poor boy is trying to keep order I'm also spraying and cleaning the shed out today and they will have no bedding or nest boxes lets see how they like that if that doesn't work i will have to put a mountain of eggs in the shed and let them get on with it but it could be a slaughter house .I have 2 girls with 4 chicks each which are porcelain,black/blue mottled and a couple not sure on the colour lol and another 2 girls who's 10 eggs each are due monday .Then 2 girls eggs which are due in a couple of weeks then my friends broody who's on my eggs are hatching as we speak all the other I'm just trying to break at the moment all the eggs I'm hatching this year is porcelain,blue mottle,white and bobtails no other colours well thats the plan and yes you must post some more pics of your chicks the time flys leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Leanne dare I ask .....how are your broody gang? Did they cool off a bit yesterday without nests to sit in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Locked out again but as soon as they go in for the night they line up and lay flat on the shelves where the next boxes are I will keep going with the booting them out for now leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I've had 2 broodies one after the other this week and the broody cage is empty now. I think broodiness is contagious - keeping it in Fareham would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 It's contagious, I've got 2 broody Japs and Persil on eggs and then Dolly is trying to be broody but not where I want her to be so she's not getting any eggs. Then there's 30 chicks in the greenhouse and 10 in the lounge. Fed up of cleaning out chickens. AAAAarrrghh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 In Fareham too Daxigirl, so close to the broody bug, I'm glad the broodiness is staying in your area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Yes Daxigirl is just around the road from me she is 5 lighter after they came to visit me last week well maisie now has 7 chicks and another girls are hatching as i speak then theres a few more to go and the worst yet the mountain of now 7 lemon cuckoo girls ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Oh Leanne, more chooks I don't know how you find the time for them all. I'm pretty sure that chickens teach each other how to be broody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Yes I'm sure they do its driving me nuts I have quite a few porcelain,black and blue mottled hatched so I'm happy and can't wait for my bobtails to hatch this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Now Dolly who's been a pain has at last settled where I want so she's got a bundle of Japanese eggs. She didn't want the rabbit hutch nor the greenhouse so we've gone for the dog crate in the corner of the kitchen like last year. The Madame came in took one look and was straight in there. Peace can return to the biguns house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
