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  1. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    Hahahaa!! Oh dear! Yes I am seeing a bit of that determination at the moment. Outside the pen on a pile of dirt....
  2. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    :D Haha. I see where you could get that impression Boxing Day Sale = day after Xmas sales at all major shopping centres = line ups at doors waiting to open so crowds of crazy women can climb over each other to dive into bargain bins for a discounted sweater that has another woman attached to the...
  3. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    She is a younger hen yes. She has been laying regularly since we got her and the others a few months ago from the local pet produce store. Goofy is an understatement. When comes running out for a drink and stretch she looks like a madwoman at a Boxing Day Sale with no plan.....
  4. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    so this is the ‘box’ where they get locked in at night, in the pen enclosure which they are locked in at dinner time to eat bathe and relax before bed. They have access to inside via the saloon doors but I’m in the process of training them to go in and out the little flap door (currently covered...
  5. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

  6. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    Thanks for your reply. Locking her out is what I’m planning. The girls are all free range during the day and run back to the coop on their own accord to lay and then head back out again to keep foraging. I’m pretty proud of them for that. They get locked in a large pen with their nesting boxes...
  7. Peaches1969

    Broody Hen

    Hi all. My husband and I are new owners of 5 leghorns and we have one that has become broody. She has been coming out on her own once a day to stretch her legs and have a drink and poop then goes back into the nesting box and assumes the ‘frozen in time’ pose. She is eating when I take it to her...
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