I'm using tapatalk and did searches on the forums so I'm thinking its tapatalk not working properly as I'm certain I'm not the only one to ever a have this issue...so I do apologize for seeming to disregard the volumes of info on this forum but re asking something that has likely been answered many times...but here it goes.
I have a young buff Orpington who is new to the world this season and she has probably laid maybe a dozen eggs by now. I was away for a week and came home to her being very broody... Wow will she make a good nester one day! But the problem is, I'm in Colorado and feel it would be folly to have her raise any chicks right now (chime in here if you think I'm wrong... I'd gladly let her raise some chicks if you think they'd be ok with our changing season and winter). She occupies a nest box the girls tend to prefer, so there is a lot of laying eggs upon her and all that insanity.
I've removed the eggs from the box every day since returning but I know that won't do the trick. So, this is what I hope to do:
1. Remove her from the nest box
2. Set up separate area inside coop with food and water
3. Place her in there with minimal comforts, like bedding, so that she stays "cooler"
The question is, how much space does she need, does she need anything special like a blanket to darken her space or to provide some peace from the flock? And how long should she be in this brood breaker?
Btw her name is. seaweed, named by my five year old, and she's a lovely chicken... And I can verify (much to my horror) that our rooster, almond, is in fact fertilizing eggs! I think one of the eggs that got laid the day we left was a fertilized one and it got missed by the chicken sitter....I found the eggs literally tucked under her wing, even though I removed her from the nest, she held on to this one egg...crazy! Anyway, it was certainly developing.
In the end I want what is best for this chicken. If she is safe to have a clutch of eggs, fine... If the peeps will do ok in the unseated coop given its already nearing the end of October I'm fine with that too... But if she shouldn't be raising peeps this time of year or the peeps won't last in our dynamic weather, I need to break her of this fast.
Thoughts?
Thanks, guys!!!!!
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I have a young buff Orpington who is new to the world this season and she has probably laid maybe a dozen eggs by now. I was away for a week and came home to her being very broody... Wow will she make a good nester one day! But the problem is, I'm in Colorado and feel it would be folly to have her raise any chicks right now (chime in here if you think I'm wrong... I'd gladly let her raise some chicks if you think they'd be ok with our changing season and winter). She occupies a nest box the girls tend to prefer, so there is a lot of laying eggs upon her and all that insanity.
I've removed the eggs from the box every day since returning but I know that won't do the trick. So, this is what I hope to do:
1. Remove her from the nest box
2. Set up separate area inside coop with food and water
3. Place her in there with minimal comforts, like bedding, so that she stays "cooler"
The question is, how much space does she need, does she need anything special like a blanket to darken her space or to provide some peace from the flock? And how long should she be in this brood breaker?
Btw her name is. seaweed, named by my five year old, and she's a lovely chicken... And I can verify (much to my horror) that our rooster, almond, is in fact fertilizing eggs! I think one of the eggs that got laid the day we left was a fertilized one and it got missed by the chicken sitter....I found the eggs literally tucked under her wing, even though I removed her from the nest, she held on to this one egg...crazy! Anyway, it was certainly developing.
In the end I want what is best for this chicken. If she is safe to have a clutch of eggs, fine... If the peeps will do ok in the unseated coop given its already nearing the end of October I'm fine with that too... But if she shouldn't be raising peeps this time of year or the peeps won't last in our dynamic weather, I need to break her of this fast.
Thoughts?
Thanks, guys!!!!!
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