Had my Cochin hen go broody recently - no eggs for her to sit on, so
just let her be, but it's been over 3 weeks now. I regularly lift her
out of the nest box to clean it out & check to see if any of the others
have managed to lay an egg on top of her (Which they sometimes do!) so
she makes a bit of a fuss, has a poo, eats some food & water then gets
back inside ASAP...
But... It's over 3 weeks now - closer to 4. Will she just snap out of it,
or should I actually do something?
Re: eggs going cold ... I do bring her food and water supplements each evening after I have let ... Its also a poor record for something you are expecting to incubate eggs... Keep her in this for at least a week if she has just started being broody -- ... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Re: Ridiculous question ...excess cockerels.... Like Om already wrote, hens don't get broody when you want them to, the ... all real eggs daily.... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Re: fertility ... out and she was off the nest and the eggs were cold. ... Was I premature in presuming the chicks dead?... Now I have an understandably unhappy broody hen.... In which case she was not "off the nest" she was taking a rest. ... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Re: Need advice on breeding/raising chicks ... We have two golf balls in our nest....Hens are individuals, and it is impossible to predict whether one will ... get broody at all, or whether she'll have such a strong instinct that it ... sit after they've laid a dozen eggs, others will lay for months and not ... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Chicken-and-egg story, spoiler Weds. ... Hayley may well be broody too, but nobody's wanting to ring her neck.... - Why can't the broody hen lay its own eggs?... other hens, but why? ... (uk.media.radio.archers)
