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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 15:31

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 15:31

my favorite hen has gone broody i think she  has not layed an egg in two days

and sits on a nest of two old eggs she wont leave only for a quick feed

now here is why im worried she is in the greenhouse and there is noway i can protect her at night

if something should go after her  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Title: very worried
Post by: Viv on March 24, 2008, 15:57

I would move her back with the others, or into a safe place, she will soon get over being broody if you remove the eggs and  stop her going into the greenhouse for a few days.

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 16:00

easier said than done they have no hen house they roost in a tree

and i have no way to block the greenhouse off from her plus the last time i took all the eggs away

the ones that lay blue eggs no longer lay up at the greenhouse i dont know where they lay now

Title: very worried
Post by: Viv on March 24, 2008, 16:30

sorry,  :oops:  :oops: thought they went into a house at night, gosh not sure what you can do. Best of luck hopefully someone can come up with an idea.

Title: very worried
Post by: Bodger on March 24, 2008, 16:40

If you go back over my posts, in the last few weeks I've succesfully moved several broodys to a place of safety and they've stayed broody and hatched eggs or are sitting eggs right now.

Put a box in a chicken shed and make a nest in it. Place a couple of eggs in the nest.
This evening after dark, pick up the hen and place it in the box on the eggs. Put a board flat up against the front of the box  so that the bird can't get off.
Tomorrow dinner time, quietely take the board down from infront of the nest box. leave the hen strictly alone in peace and quiet and she should start to sit the eggs in her new location.
That night, stick your hand under the broody and remove the eggs, at the same time, replacing them with the eggs that you want her to incubate and touch wood, the jobs a goodun as they say. :D

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 24, 2008, 17:53

Is it your hen or the landlords NP  :?:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 18:15

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Is it your hen or the landlords NP  :?:

landlords mine aint hatched yet  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 19:14

she is 100% broody just been upto the greenhouse and there she is all alone sitting on them old eggs

so i have blocked her in as best i can hope she will be ok till tomoz

 :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 24, 2008, 19:19

Doesn't the landlord take any care of them  :?:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 19:22

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Doesn't the landlord take any care of them  :?:

feeds them now and again  :roll:  i  took it upon myself to look after them

he is more of an impulse buyer  he sees it buys it and then leaves them to fend for them selves

he puts out some corn for them when his here but i would not say he looks after them not by my standards anyway

Title: very worried
Post by: Wildeone on March 24, 2008, 19:24

Quote from: "naturesparadise"

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Doesn't the landlord take any care of them  :?:

feeds them now and again  :roll:  i  took it upon myself to look after them

he is more of an impulse buyer  he sees it buys it and then leaves them to fend for them selves

he puts out some corn for them when his here but i would not say he looks after them not by my standards anyway

Doesn't look after them my most peoples standards i think  :!:  :evil:

Title: very worried
Post by: Lost in France on March 24, 2008, 20:16

Ooooh! You must keep her safe, doesn't the greenhouse have a door you can close up at night? If not, move her and the eggies somewhere safe..she'll be ok and at least she'll be safe!Is there no way that you can make a safe place or...charm someone with the skills to make a little henhouse...?  Please don't let foxy get her!  :(

Good luck!

Judik :wink:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 24, 2008, 20:21

she should be ok tonight tomoz ill be up there fixing the front as best i can then i can lock her in at night

and i have never seen a fox in 2 years of living here so fingers crossed

Title: very worried
Post by: jack russell on March 24, 2008, 21:06

if i lived anywhere near you i would come round and build you a hen house :wink: sadly i dont  :cry:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 12:30

well i have done the best i can to protect her
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/mantis2/garden/gh1.jpg)

she was ok all night
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/mantis2/garden/chook1-1.jpg)

Title: very worried
Post by: poultrygeist on March 25, 2008, 12:53

Well done matey.

Has to beat a tree any day. She looks healthy enough.

presume she can get to food and water, etc.

Rob

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 13:01

Quote from: "poultrygeist"

Well done matey.

Has to beat a tree any day. She looks healthy enough.

presume she can get to food and water, etc.

Rob

oh yes i have put food and water in there for her

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 25, 2008, 15:40

Are you giving her feed and water NP  :?:

Title: very worried
Post by: poultrygeist on March 25, 2008, 15:43

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Are you giving her feed and water NP  :?:

pssssttt. Aunt Sally....i already asked him  :)

Rob

Title: very worried
Post by: Wildeone on March 25, 2008, 15:45

Think Aunt Sally might be refering to the fact that they're not NP's chickens and his Landlord owes the man a pint!!!  :!:  :?

Title: very worried
Post by: Foxy on March 25, 2008, 15:45

PG she is such a pretty thing - cross fingers you may get some chicks from her! :wink:

Title: very worried
Post by: Foxy on March 25, 2008, 15:46

sorry I meant NP!!!! :lol:

Title: very worried
Post by: poultrygeist on March 25, 2008, 15:47

...oh I see.  :oops:  sorry Auntie

Or a rent rebate.

Although, does NP keep the eggs ?

To all intents and purposes, they are NP's by default.

Rob

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 25, 2008, 15:56

Can't you slip some of your Light Sussex eggs under her NP  :?:

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 25, 2008, 15:57

Quote from: "poultrygeist"

...oh I see.  :oops:  sorry Auntie

My fault PG.  I didn't see you'd already asked about the feed and water  :roll:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 15:59

ok let me sort this out  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

all the birds you see in my pics are the landlords

i took it upon my self to look after them ie i feed them give them fresh water every day

as for the little hen and eggs i have 5 of her eggs in the incubator  :lol:

and as for the landlord giving me a pint or a rent rebate YEAH right in my dreams

i tell ya stick a lump of Cole up his butt and in two weeks you will have a diamond

Title: very worried
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 25, 2008, 16:04

What's the little chook sitting on in the greenhouse  :?:

Title: very worried
Post by: poultrygeist on March 25, 2008, 16:04

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Well it's a good job you're there or they'd be very poorly chooks.

I hope you manage to get some of your own so you can show him how it should be done.

Rob

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 16:08

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

What's the little chook sitting on in the greenhouse  :?:

one old egg  :cry:  and one not so old egg  :D  so with any luck she will hatch the not so old egg

Title: very worried
Post by: Wildeone on March 25, 2008, 16:34

why don't you slip some more under her?!?!?!  Maybe at night when she's less likely to notice!

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 16:35

Quote from: "Wildeone"

why don't you slip some more under her?!?!?!  Maybe at night when she's less likely to notice!

dont have any more and im not risking what i have in the incubator  :lol:  :lol:

Title: very worried
Post by: Wildeone on March 25, 2008, 16:43

I thought that a chook would be better at hatching them?!?

But it would be good to see if your incy works.

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 25, 2008, 16:51

IF IF IT WORKS ye of little faith   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

it is working so far

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 26, 2008, 21:38

here is an update she is still sitting on them eggs but with the front on she is protected

but doing well

Title: very worried
Post by: Wildeone on March 27, 2008, 07:48

Quote from: "naturesparadise"

IF IF IT WORKS ye of little faith   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

it is working so far

:oops: Sorry didn't mean to offend  :!:  

 :lol:

Title: very worried
Post by: naturesparadise on March 28, 2008, 18:49

well whent up the greenhouse this morning to find the wind had recked the front

so spent 1hur fixing it again but daisy the little chook as my siss named her

is ok and seems to be doing well