I have a pullet who has been laying a couple of months. She recently decided to stay on the eggs in the nesting box. The problem is, its cold outside averaging at 20 degrees, but has gone down in the single digits. The coop it warmer since its right against the house, and her nest is against the...
So my java recently started laying and has gone broody. My thought is either to let her try to hatch two eggs and hope that she will stop being broody once she has them or to try and break her from it. She barely gets up out of the nest. Thanks in advance
My Fifi has never shown any interest in using a nesting box before. She'll just lay eggs wherever she feels like it. Today, for the first time, she used a box. She's laid an egg and is refusing to leave the box. Could she be broody? She's 7 months.
Here is the single survivor of my very young broody pullet's first attempt at raising chicks. 3 out of 4 eggs hatched, one was a dud. 2 didn't survive the first night. Here is the survivor. This chick is a GLW/EE cross. Below are pics and video of the chick. Not that I am expecting a...
I had my 6mo pullet go broody a couple weeks ago. After a little while of sitting constantly, I gave her a clutch of 5. The next day she decided to give up. I don't know how much she sat on the through the day, but that night a different one of my girls went broody and she is looking like she is...
My 6 month old Marans has only been laying eggs for 3 weeks! She has been broody for a week and I do not have a rooster. Should I get some fertilized eggs or chicks for her to set on? Is it safe for my broody Marans to be a momma already? She is not setting on any eggs but it looks like she's...