Re: Poultry in a strange mood

Amy Blankenship wrote:
I look at it this way--it can take up
to 3 weeks to break up a broody hen.

It only takes a few days to a week if caught early
If it takes 3 weeks to break her then either the situation is not set up
well enough to get her off the brood or she has been allowed to be broody
for well over a week.

It takes 3 weeks for a clutch
of eggs to hatch.

And requires planning to know what you are doing with the youngstock. FAR
too many birds are being produced that no-one wants.
- housing
- feeding
- space on range
- culling the cockerels
- finding homes for the hens


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regards
Jill Bowis

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