Gone Broody

Selkie · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2007, 21:34 »

p.s. thanks for the compliment auntie

i'm still learning alot about hens but dora has taught me alot about broodiness.

(i can kind of relate to it...i can get a bit hormonal myself :evil: )

muntjac · « **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2007, 21:35 »

Quote from: "rosemarycallsthegoddess"

p.s. thanks for the compliment auntie

i'm still learning alot about hens but dora has taught me alot about broodiness.

(i can kind of relate to it...i can get a bit hormonal myself :evil: )

like all women ollo and some men ,,, eh shaun

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2007, 21:37 »

Put some cloth on top of them. It could cause cold burns if the ice cubes get in too close contact with the hen.

The purpose is to lower the hens raised body temperature. A small pack of frozen peas could be used and then refrozen (don't eat them though ) :roll:

Shazzer · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2007, 21:39 »

Yes i thought I put some cloth over them as well,

JudyM · « **Reply #19 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:18 »

Oh this all sounds very familiar! Daisy stopped laying a week ago, and developed an evil glint in her eye and puffs herself up to twice the size. I put her out in the run with the other 4, and she is fine, scratches about, eating and drinking okay, but as Rosemary says, first chance, and she's back in like a rat up a drainpipe. I have also been dipping her petticoats in cold water each morning since Saturday - boy, does she tell me off :x !

But now... only 3 eggs today - Lily has only decided to join in the egg strike!

What I did also notice is that the red lobes either side of their head (sorry, don't know the technical name :oops: ) have a white centre - the other hens don't have this. Is this a broodiness sign?

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #20 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:21 »

Quote from: "JudyM"

What I did also notice is that the red lobes either side of their head (sorry, don't know the technical name :oops: ) have a white centre - the other hens don't have this. Is this a broodiness sign?

Ear lobes - Don't think that's anything to do with being broody.

muntjac · « **Reply #21 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:21 »

ur waters not cold enough .dunk her up to her wing tips ... remove the eggs and do the other bird also

JudyM · « **Reply #22 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:30 »

Wow! You lot are quick off the mark. Right - tomorrow, they'll both get a good cold dunking - and I'll tell them it was you that told me to do it, Muntjac!

muntjac · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:31 »

thats ok ,,,,, everybody else blames me

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Gone Broody

Selkie