Re: Broody - How long?

Gordon Henderson wrote:

I really don't think she's starving.

She is eating less than normal for no good reason.


Break her -- if you look in the archives groups.google.com
sci.agicultural.poultry you will find plenty of good advice

The reason I've been reluctant is that I tried that last year with
another hen we had who went broody - who got as distressed as a
distressed thing and subsequently keeled over after a few days in the
"sin bin" )-:

That suggests she was not broody but poorly. ;(

(which was a smaller "arc" with the nest-box blocked
off which we've subsequently sold...) The current arc has 2 nest
boxes and doesn't lead itself well to having them blocked off as the
others are all laying OK.

Read the various threads in the archive.. Keeping her in the warm and dark
is not a good way to break them
Light, draughty, and airy is the way to go.


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regards
Jill Bowis

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