Awesome breed, but ours have been known to drag all of the eggs into one nest (when/where they can) and sit on them. This sometimes results in them cracking a few.
Awesome breed, but ours have been known to drag all of the eggs into one nest (when/where they can) and sit on them. This sometimes results in them cracking a few.
I used a couple of different methods for stopping a broody hen. 1) Take her off of the nest every (or almost every) time she sits down. I have found that this doesn't work very well for my hens, and just causes more stress for her. 2) Dunk her in ice cold water up to her saddle (or almost...
Pullet, cockerel, pullet. The first one appears to be a white rock, second possibly New Hampshire red or Rhode Island Red. Third one is obviously an Australorp.