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When I have a bird that is acting 'off' I isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so I can closely monitor their intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and their poops. Feel their abdomen, from below vent to...

My experience went like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest, I put her in a wire dog crate with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop and I would feed her some crumble a couple times a day. I let her out a couple times a...

I know what broody means...guess I should have been more specific. How long did you let her brood without hatching chicks? Prolonged setting can weaken their whole bodies, including their legs from lack of exercise. If you don't want them to hatch chicks, best to break them of their broodiness...

What does "broody twice for months" mean?