Recent content by Annabelhen

My husband and I have been "chicken sitting" our daughter's five hens since she got married last September. We've got Frances, the Plymouth Rock queen of the flock; Dorothy, the beige/gray Araucauna; Nan, the blue Buff Orpington; and Jeannie, the black Araucauna. Unfortunately, we lost one of...

Thanks for all of your suggestions on how to break a broody hen; I'll keep you posted on Jeannie's status!

We're raising four lovely hens in an Omelet.com CUBE with attached predator proof run. One of the girls, a black Araucauna, has become broody for the second time in two months. The first time we separated Jeannie from the other girls by placing her in a smaller Eglu contraption in which we put...