Recent content by Chickwillay

Happy to be here and learn from so many knowledgeable people. I am down to 3 hens from 7. Two I lost to some disease that came through several years ago, one to a raccoon and another to an eagle. A pair of eagles have decided to roost near us and now the girls can only be out free-ranging when...

They do not lay while broody. The most obvious thing to me with a broody hen is the way they cover the eggs and the way their clucking changes. Hope she is ok. If broody I take them away from the eggs for few days, keep the laying box empty when putting her back. Mine hardly leave the nest...