Since my hens have had to be cooped up more, Lola, my silverlaced polish hen has had the crown feathers plucked out by another hen in the coop..... I have used pick no more, but need some other suggestions please!!!
I am dealing with the same thing with my little cochin, Squirt, been almost a week now, guess i will have to get a broody box ready!!!! I had been closing the coop door so she couldnt go inside, but now I have other hens starting to lay and cant do that......i pick her up out of box, in morning...
Ok, so a hen can be broody with NO eggs to lay on???? She hasnt laid an egg for 4 days now, usually giving me one every other day.....she lays in the nest, unless i pick her up and put her out, she drinks, eats, defecates, acts fine.........then I catch her nesting again.......
]My 6 month old Cochin Bantam, Squirt, stoped laying an egg 3 days ago, but she has spent most of her time in the nest box, either trying, or thinking she should be trying!!! I have got her out periodically, and she drinks water, forages, and hangs out with the others, seeming quite happy and...