[ozziemerlin]

Please can you help. Due to the size of my chicken-house and the reason I have them as pets, I don't want eggs to hatch. Yes I know, take the eggs out. But one of my hens, just sits in there, if there is an egg or no egg.
Will she stop by herself or what do I do? I stroked her and put her outside, but within a few minutes she is back in again. Please can you help me with your valued advise.

Thanks  

[Aunt Sally]

She's broody and it will pass of after about 3 weeks -ish

If you can catch them early, as soon as they show signs of becoming broody, yOu can break them of it (sometimes)  :roll:

[babe]

this may be a silly question ozzie, but do you have a boy bird??

if not the eggs wont hatch anyway

[kizza]

Quote " should pass in 3 week ish"
                                                                                                        Aunt Sally...Thats not quite right  
I had an Old English Game hen that was broody for 7 weeks. I tried everything but she wouldn't quit being broody
Just thought  i would say as i dont want inexperienced poultry keepers relying on your false information.
I am not being offensive just stating the facts

[Aunt Sally]

Aunty never gives false information Kizza  :evil:

That's why she said -ish, meaning most usually, sometimes less, sometimes more  :!:

[Wildeone]

[babe]

:shock:

[kizza]

why are u talking to yourself in third person :?: Quote: Aunt Sally Never gives out false information 3 weeks compared to 7 weeks is hardly -ish. Is it?

[babe]

[Aunt Sally]

why are u talking to yourself in third person :?: Quote: Aunt Sally Never gives out false information 3 weeks compared to 7 weeks is hardly -ish. Is it?

Kizza dear, when you have been around as long as Aunty you are allowed to be a little ... erm ... eccentric and to wear purple  

Can we help it if your chook has not read the books and decides to live at the very extreeeeem end of normal  :roll:

[ozziemerlin]

Thanks to all of you for your kind help. Silly woman still sits, but she is happy, as I feed her there as well. Yes I got a cock, suppose that is one of the reasons she does it.
I gave my next door neighbour the link to the poultry pages and stored it as a favourite. That is a real compliment to the pages doing that and saying "it's a really good site!"
Thanks again.      

[Foxy]

Thanks to all of you for your kind help. Silly woman still sits, but she is happy, as I feed her there as well. Yes I got a cock, suppose that is one of the reasons she does it.
I gave my next door neighbour the link to the poultry pages and stored it as a favourite. That is a real compliment to the pages doing that and saying "it's a really good site!"
Thanks again.      

Are we still talking about chickens? :oops:  :oops:

[GrannieAnnie]

Ozzie, hope you don't mind me asking, but if you don't want eggs that could hatch, why have you got a cockerel???

and Kizza, Aunt Sally has what you might call a sense of humour!!  There's a real person behind that avatar!!!    

[Foxy]

Ozzie, hope you don't mind me asking, but if you don't want eggs that could hatch, why have you got a cockerel???


I have to say its a pleasure watching my cockerels with their girls, feeding them and watching over them- and he wont stand any bullying by my old hens specially when introducing new hens or growers. Priscilla my old pekin is very good at sorting out the the young cockerels despite his diminutive size, and I love the sound of them crowing in the morning!

[GrannieAnnie]

LOL Foxy, we had 2.5 cockerals in with our Amberlink chicks, and I was considering keeping Freddie the biggest one, the smaller one went to a man down the road who had a trio off me! but when Freddie went into my little 'hospital' when he got feather pecked, he lost his place in the flock, so when I put him back they all attacked him and he spent several months on his own, but I needed the shed he was in, so we ate him!!!!