Recent content by Larry Padgett

Sounds like she is squatting in conjunction with the desire to breed with a rooster. When pullets go into adulthood, they start to present for breeding and they can present when a person approaches them or when a rooster approaches them. Not there myself, but this is my thought.

Do you keep chickens for eggs and for meat? If she is a pet only and you do not use your birds for meat, you might want to create an environment where she can thrive as a pet. However, if you keep chickens for the purposes for which they were domesticated in the first place, she might be a...

I wonder if anyone knows how many eggs a cochin, with all of the feathering could adequately keep covered for sufficient warmth and efficient hatching? I used to put 12 to 14 eggs under a brooding hen depending on the size of the eggs and the size of the hen. Putting too many seemed to ensure a...

Are you in a area that crowing would not be a problem?

My experience with broody hens is that they do not have a specific count down on the number of days they remain in setting mode. They interact with the egg/chicks especially during the final days development and they usually continue to sit on eggs that have live chicks in the egg, at least to...