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I have one that is 6 months and she seems broody. Speckled sussex. She does not go to roost at night and yes screeches at me when I remove her from the nesting box. Do you know how long this lasts normally? I remove her a few times a day as I work from home and have the opportunity to do so. Any suggestions?I think she is broody. Some do go really early and I know many say that theirs try to broody after laying enough eggs.
I have 2 broodies now, and a third one trying to brood. Mine are 15 months old though.
If you dont want to break her you can give her eggs. But otherwise put her in a broody cage.I have one that is 6 months and she seems broody. Speckled sussex. She does not go to roost at night and yes screeches at me when I remove her from the nesting box. Do you know how long this lasts normally? I remove her a few times a day as I work from home and have the opportunity to do so. Any suggestions?
Yes, they can. I have one now that I just broke from it. These are first year laying pullets. She's a LO and I know they can go broody. I didn't expect it so early though. They get all puffy and growl when you get to close or touch. She would not roost or go out at all. I bought a two tier bunny hutch for a little hospital or broody jail this summer, so I was ready. Last resort is to let her sit, but chicken jail came first. During the day I put her in the lower section with a dirt bottom. At night to keep her safe for the night she was moved to the top. Best not to have bedding. She had food and water. I took her out in the yard with the rest of the girls to see if she would join in. I did this for 2.5 days. She got restless on the third morning and when I brought her out she stayed out, ate, sand bathed and is back to normal. Since we are in autumn I sure didn't want to have to let her hatch a chick or two. Hope this helps.I have a hen which started laying eggs a month ago and for the past few days she has been sitting in the nesting box for long hours acting like broody. I'm not sure if they become broody this early. Its a frizzle.
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