So Tweetie, my seven month old silkie/barred rock mix, has been acting strange. I thought that maybe she was sick, because she wasn't outside playing with gladys. But then i nothoiced that she was sitting in the nest box, all puffed up. I remember reading that broodys get mean, and will bite, but this girl is afraid of her own shadow, and has never bitten me. So she is just sitting in the nest box, and when i get close, or try to touch her, she screams!!!!
So i rigged a sort of trap. I put two eggs in the box in front of her. I figured if she tucks them under her, she's broody. SO i ut the eggs in front of her, and she just stared at me, them the eggs, then back at me. So i went and got the camera, and put it right in front of her nest box.
Here's the video. (nothing happens for two minutes, she just stares at the eggs, so you can skip to like the 2:00 )
http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm145/flippacase/?action=view¤t=100_2398.flv
Do you think she's broody?
Do broodys still lay eggs?
So i rigged a sort of trap. I put two eggs in the box in front of her. I figured if she tucks them under her, she's broody. SO i ut the eggs in front of her, and she just stared at me, them the eggs, then back at me. So i went and got the camera, and put it right in front of her nest box.
Here's the video. (nothing happens for two minutes, she just stares at the eggs, so you can skip to like the 2:00 )
http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm145/flippacase/?action=view¤t=100_2398.flv
Do you think she's broody?
Do broodys still lay eggs?
