Australorps breed Thread

[appps]

It always seems to me like it is fall ..at sept 1st ...even though fall doesnt start till the 23rd

Except for mad dog and I, for us sept 1st means spring (yay!) and the beginning of that little voice telling us we really should start to think about hatching lol

 

[maddogdodge]

Except for mad dog and I, for us sept 1st means spring (yay!) and the beginning of that little voice telling us we really should start to think about hatching lol

Exactly

 

[Gramma Chick]

Exactly

Wow I ddint know that !

 

[ronott1]

Wow I ddint know that !

They are in Australia--so are going into Spring and then Summer. We in the Northern Hemisphere are going into Fall and Winter. We should wait a bit for hatching season.

Unless we are hatching all year long....

 

[appps]

Eggs paid for and being posted out Monday! Can't wait .

Dragging my silkie out of her box each morning and afternoon for a wander and a decent feed. She will have been broody about ten days by the time the eggs arrive. Does that extra time require worrying?

 

[MrsBrooke]

Eggs paid for and being posted out Monday! Can't wait .

Dragging my silkie out of her box each morning and afternoon for a wander and a decent feed. She will have been broody about ten days by the time the eggs arrive. Does that extra time require worrying?

I have read that a broody will sit on golf balls until they hatch. Their signal is suddenly having babies to care for... They have no way of knowing how many days it's been. So long as they've had adequate water and food, she should be okay!



MrsB

 

[DesertChic]

I have read that a broody will sit on golf balls until they hatch. Their signal is suddenly having babies to care for... They have no way of knowing how many days it's been. So long as they've had adequate water and food, she should be okay!



MrsB

I have a broody White Rock that's been trying to hatch a golf ball for over three weeks now. I drag her out of the nesting box multiple times per day and she just goes right back in. I finally pulled her out and put her in a dog kennel with a cool, metal floor in the hopes of breaking her broodiness. This is day two of trying that method.

On a good note, two of the other pullets in her flock have now started laying since she's no longer dominating the nest box area.

 

[dynomy]

Hi all - I had a black and white Seacrest bantam that thought she was the mother hen and tried to set on every egg she could. Very broody. I looked on Internet to see what could break her of this and the best (worked very well with all my ladies) was taking her off the nest gently but firmly and dipping her bottom into a cool flat bucket of water. The first time she carried on like crazy but then settled down. After that she fought less and less. After about 5 different times during the week she started to lose the broody urge. This worked with my polish and jersey giant as well. Their bottoms from the breast area to just past the thighs gets very very warm and when it's cooled down they kind of forget what they were so urgently trying to do. They started running with the rest eating and drinking like normal. The giant did cuss me out for awhile though.
Seriously it does work to lower the body temperature just enough to a more normal one. Just don't let them get chilled. It was 113 degrees here when I did that so it was OK for them.

 

[appps]

I have a flock of broody prone breeds and I've managed to always break mine by just keeping them off the nest 24 hrs a day. I let them wander round in a seperate area of their run of a day where they can't get to the nest box and lock our nest box at night so they can sleep on their roost. Doesn't even require a cage. For a regular determination broody takes 3 days to break that way, for super determined worst it's taken is a week. No dunking, ice cubes, ice packs, cold breezes or small small cages have ever been required. But you must keep them totally off that nest day and night 24 hrs a day.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Eggs paid for and being posted out Monday! Can't wait .

Dragging my silkie out of her box each morning and afternoon for a wander and a decent feed. She will have been broody about ten days by the time the eggs arrive. Does that extra time require worrying?

No it shouldnt be a problem ...Broodys are usually broody 1 1/2 - 2 months ..it depends on the hen .