Search results for query: *

  1. RichM

    Tried frozen water bottle to break broodyness

    Ok, after three nights in the clink, she went to roost and stayed there! I'm getting eggs a week later. Thanks for the help. My setup was very similar to aart, except the dog crate was on the ground with a plastic pan in the bottom of it. Not ideal because it really collected a goopy mess but...
  2. RichM

    Tried frozen water bottle to break broodyness

    The jail I set up is just a basic medium sized dog crate with a large board on top to shield from direct sun and rain. This is placed in my large run so there's two levels of security. She's been in there for two nights now. She was broody for about two weeks as my efforts to break her kept...
  3. RichM

    Tried frozen water bottle to break broodyness

    Still having trouble. Using the jail method now. After a night and a day, she went to roost that night. Next evening, she went to the nest box and is back in jail. I wonder how this works. Is their memory only three days or so? If I give her a choice every day to roost or nest, will she never...
  4. RichM

    Tried frozen water bottle to break broodyness

    These were 16 ox bottles. Tonight I'm gonna try frozen gallon jugs. They should take up most of the space too.
  5. RichM

    Tried frozen water bottle to break broodyness

    My goodness, I tried a frozen water bottle in the egg box to break my broody copper maran. How could that not work? She turned it into hot water in 3 hours! I wish I made the egg boxes closable for nighttime.
Back
Top Bottom