Recent content by mammab

The only risk you run (I think) is if she gets too broody and won't eat/drink. I've heard they can starve to death. My bird stopped laying eggs all together when she was really, really bad. The eggs got smaller and smaller and then stopped all together. If your hen is still laying and is...

Yes! We figured it out. She was broody. (We now call it chicken PMS!) I did a few different things to her in an attempt to snap her out of it...dipped her back end in cool water, separated her from the flock in a really uncomfortable cage, kept her in the yard outside of the coop (really, in...

I have a lovely Buff Orpington hen 1 year old, who has gone broody. We have tried lots of things to snap her out of it to no avail. She's been in a cage, separated from the nesting box, dunked in cool water...the works. Still broody and grump. My kids want to add a couple of day old chicks...

I do think that is it. She is exhibiting all of the signs of being broody and is otherwise healthy and strong. She is a Buff Orpington also which I'm reading is a breed prone to broodiness. Tomorrow I will have to begin her "anti-brooding" therapy.

Haha! Seriously, that thing rivaled some of the production from my 35 pound dog!! I hope she's better now.

Completely confusing..... After posting my concern I went outside to check on the bird again. She was up and eating. She is odd though...as if she doesn't want to take a step. When she moves it is very slow and deliberate and every few steps she drops as if she tripped and fell down. While I...

This morning when I went to check my hens I noticed that one stayed in the coop. Sleeping in, I guessed. Later in the morning I noted that she was sitting (very close to the door of the coop) and not moving about or paying attention to the rest of the flock. I reached down to make her stir...