I have had with a lot of broodies before. And before anyone says it, i would totally let her hatch eggs, but their Japanese bantams, and its going to do a freezing snow in a few days. So non cold hardy breeds hatching chicks in winter? Thats begging for a death. Im struggling to keep the coop super warm as it is, let alone warm enough for newly hatched chicks and eggs.
So i have had a lot of broodies, and some more stubborn then others, like going back to the nest once or twice, but this one is stubborn!
So shes a small Japanese bantam, and yesterday (around 1 PM didn’t notice she was broody til about 4 PM) she laid an egg, then went broody with her little peacock tail and all that. Well i took her off, and she got back on. Then again, then again, and it went on for a very long time until she started chasing the other chickens off and went back again. So i put her in the front yard and then she came running back into the nest. Then i tried blocking out her nest and that didn’t work either. Eventually it was bed time so i put her on the rod even though she was upset about it cause she wanted back on the nest.
Well, its morning now and she was screaming at the door for me to remove the stuff from the nest. She always lays an egg in the morning so i did, because thats the only nest she has used to lay one. Well, she flew up, laid down, got poofy and hissed.
I didn’t want to do the water bottle method because im trying to keep them warm and thats freezing. I didn’t wanna do broody jail either, but i need some advice.
So i have had a lot of broodies, and some more stubborn then others, like going back to the nest once or twice, but this one is stubborn!
So shes a small Japanese bantam, and yesterday (around 1 PM didn’t notice she was broody til about 4 PM) she laid an egg, then went broody with her little peacock tail and all that. Well i took her off, and she got back on. Then again, then again, and it went on for a very long time until she started chasing the other chickens off and went back again. So i put her in the front yard and then she came running back into the nest. Then i tried blocking out her nest and that didn’t work either. Eventually it was bed time so i put her on the rod even though she was upset about it cause she wanted back on the nest.
Well, its morning now and she was screaming at the door for me to remove the stuff from the nest. She always lays an egg in the morning so i did, because thats the only nest she has used to lay one. Well, she flew up, laid down, got poofy and hissed.
I didn’t want to do the water bottle method because im trying to keep them warm and thats freezing. I didn’t wanna do broody jail either, but i need some advice.
