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Broody hen in my kitchen cupboard

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Silly hen wants to lay eggs in our kitchen cupboard, so I put an old feed sack in there for her to lay on, so she doesn't make a mess. I've noticed 3 days ago she was in there every time I look and I was getting worried. Thought she might be egg bound or something. She only started laying recently. Turned out she's so broody, she's sitting on nothing. But she's sitting. Got 2 other hens laying in her spot now, so she's got 2 eggs and I thought, what the hell, I gave her some more eggs to sit on. 

My hens come and go in and out of our house all the time, some of them lay their eggs in here, one of them leaves an egg on my bed every other day! So this is just part of the fun.

 

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Wait, your chickens come and go in your house? Isn't that a bit, um, messy?

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"It is a sometimes appropriate response to reality to go insane." Philip K Dick
Pets: Two Frustrating Little Daughters, One Roller Derby Grrl Wife, 1 3/4 dogs, 2 Spazzy Cats, 4 ridiculous Chickens(RIR, Australorp, EE, and Wellsumer), and 2 Beehives!

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever invented." Isaac Asimov

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post #3 of 16

OMG!!!!! "Eyes popping out!"

Are you kidding me.  Even Granny Clampett doesn't allow chickens in the kitchen.

I'm the silly old biddy one, proud member of the crazy pullets of BYC and resident chicken whisperer. My cologne is eau de chicken poop.
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I'm the silly old biddy one, proud member of the crazy pullets of BYC and resident chicken whisperer. My cologne is eau de chicken poop.
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Wait, your chickens come and go in your house? Isn't that a bit, um, messy?



ya, um, do u have them potty trained?

but still how fun!!

Jesus is the ONE AND ONLY WAY! that whosever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life in Him! With Jesus, In heaven, walking in the streets of gold! 

for we walk by faith not by sight. 

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Jesus is the ONE AND ONLY WAY! that whosever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life in Him! With Jesus, In heaven, walking in the streets of gold! 

for we walk by faith not by sight. 

The farm blog: http://crownranchmo.com/WordPress/

 

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We have a great little mixed flock. 2 Faverolles, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp and 1 Easter Egger. 
 

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We have a great little mixed flock. 2 Faverolles, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp and 1 Easter Egger. 
 

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Jesus is the ONE AND ONLY WAY! that whosever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life in Him! With Jesus, In heaven, walking in the streets of gold! 

for we walk by faith not by sight. 

The farm blog: http://crownranchmo.com/WordPress/

 

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Jesus is the ONE AND ONLY WAY! that whosever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life in Him! With Jesus, In heaven, walking in the streets of gold! 

for we walk by faith not by sight. 

The farm blog: http://crownranchmo.com/WordPress/

 

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post #7 of 16
My chickens occasionally wander into the house through a door I haven't closed completely and one of the dogs or cats has opened further.

I have a flock of 50 pr so chickens, and only four or five are interested in coming inside to look around. They just stroll in, looking around. One - Paprika - has twice laid an egg at the base of the cat scratching post.

It is not like they come inside, en masse, to all poop all over the place in the house! big_smile.png. Here a poop, there a poop, easy to wipe up and clean after. It's more likely one of them will poop if I try to chase her out.

A chicken stroll across the floor is not the same thing as housing the flock inside the house.

-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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post #8 of 16
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We get the odd poop, but I clean up regularly and don't really mind. For hygiene reasons I do limit where they're allowed to go. The section of the cupboard she's using is usually empty, except for egg boxes or empty jam jars. We have a huge deep cupboard and we don't use all of it. I put down an old feedsack for her to sit on, so if she does a poo it's easy to clean up. I must confess I'm allowing this one to do this, cause she's one of our favourites. Most of the hens are not allowed in here, but the ones I raised from chicks are welcome to pop in now and then to say Hi or lay an egg.

 

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked ~ Bernard Meltzer

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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked ~ Bernard Meltzer

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post #9 of 16

wow, How about a picture?bun.gif

We have a great little mixed flock. 2 Faverolles, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp and 1 Easter Egger. 
 

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We have a great little mixed flock. 2 Faverolles, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp and 1 Easter Egger. 
 

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post #10 of 16

Well our birds come inside too. They enter through the deck door and get a snack, and then leave. They'll hit the cat food bowl.  I know you guys with 40 birds think its crazy, but we have 6 and they are so **** cute that neither my wife or I can say "no". Our kitchen has old linolieum flooring and the poop wipes right up with a papertowel and a lysol wipe. I'm just saying this because I don't blame people for treating their birds like household pets. Some of them are so curious they want to see whats in there.

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