That's good to know thanks, this is the second time she has been broody so I was expecting her to be more difficult than last time and she spent 3 days in the cage. If she is still broody in 3 more days though I am going to release her and try something else because I hate seeing her cooped up...
I am just waiting for the scrambled eggs to cool down and then I’m going to go give it to her. I went to check on her a minute ago and she had not gone back to the nest yet, she was having a dustbath with her friends but it is raining so she might have been deterred from going back by the rain.
Thank you so much for your reply I will make some scrambled eggs right now for her. I will try to get some mealworms next time I go to the pet store. I don’t have any electrolytes, is there possibly a home made alternative for that?
Hi all!
I have a bantam hen that is broody, she has been broody for about 2 weeks. Her eggs are infertile because we have no rooster. I was planning on just letting her wait it out but after the first week I could see she was loosing weight fast so I decided to put her in the broody cage. She...