Minnie&Moose Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Daphne, a 3 yr old pekin, has now been in her broody cage (wire cage, up on bricks, in a shady bit of the chicken run) for 10 days and still no signs at all of her giving up. She's fine during the day but gets hysterical and screams and throws herself around once the others go to bed (the first night she damaged a toe nail and her comb because she got so frantic) so I've been letting her sleep in the cube (in her broody cage) and then putting her and cage back outside first thing in the morning. She's lost some weight but is still eating and looks healthy, but I'm concerned she's just not going to give up. I let her hatch last year but I neither have the time or space to do that this year. If I were to just let her get on with it, turfing her off the nest a couple of times a day to eat or drink, will she snap out of it on her own, or do I need to keep trying with the cage or try something else? I've never had one go longer than 5 days in the broody cage before so this is a new experience for me! Any advice most welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I have a pekin who is really old and has always been very broody. She is cured for the moment, but I don't doubt that the hot spell due next week will turn her again. She does regular spells in the cage, sometimes it fixes her, sometimes it doesn't, although she never makes a fuss. I would keep at it for a bit longer and see how she goes. I sometimes give in and let her brood for a couple of weeks, turfing her off the nest regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Same problem here with Pekins, had 8 broodies at one time and despite long sessions in the dog cage a couple of days later they were back. So now I am letting them get in with it but chucking them out several times a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'm afraid that you'll always get this with the fluffier breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Well, Daphne better snap out of it soon because there's a queue forming behind her - another one of the little fluffies appears to be revving up for her second round of broodiness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
