Tanichca
Sparkle Magnet
I think I'll just make my entire nestbox system out of foil, then, so that I can have maximum broodiness.
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People are going to be SOOOO angry.
No other possible paint but Tempera.What kind of paint do you use? It needs to stick to the foil and be non toxic.
She was drawn to the darker space.Must admit it sounded ridiculous to me at first, and I didn't have the best nest to try this with since mine are all uncovered, but this hen has never been broody before so must be something to it! Had to sort of attach it to the crossbar that used to support a cover, long since gone on this nest box set up. Delia was just drawn to this nest with the foil, one she never used to lay in prior to it being attached there.
In conjunction with the research, did you find any method that will decrease broodiness? That is often an issue for many of us, if we aren't planning on hatching this season we want to discourage the incidence of broodification.
How about the reflection itself.? Maybe chicken eyes can see a reflection of themselves sitting in a box through the foil better than a human eye can, and that reinforces broody behavior. Can a mirror be used to test that hypothesis unless its been done already?It's a great question! In fact, it was one that was part of our initial hypothesis, but we eventually eliminated light as a potential cause for the huge increase in broodiness after additional testing.
The Princess and I did this when starting our family. It works.