Broody behavior in "sisters" ? ?

[MountainMomma359]

So I have just 4 girls and 2 are "sisters". They are the same breed and same age and very attached. Winnie and Sarah. Sarah started laying a few weeks before Winnie and Winnnie would yell the whole time unless I put her in the coop so she could see. Well, now Sarah seems to be thinking about being broody (staying in the coop unless moved and hoarding up the eggs/golf balls) and Winnie is yelling All Day Long. Anyone have any experience like this?

 

[troyer]

You can try to keep taking the eggs and when both of them are broody give them eggs. In most of my experience when they brood together they often don't like to share the chicks, but if they would brood them together and hatch them you can try and see if they are okay with co-brooding, if not you could momentarily separate the hens with an equal number of chicks until the chicks get used to staying with the right mother, then put them back together again. If it does happen to not work out they'll just have to be kept separate.

 

[MountainMomma359]

You can try to keep taking the eggs and when both of them are broody give them eggs. In most of my experience when they brood together they often don't like to share the chicks, but if they would brood them together and hatch them you can try and see if they are okay with co-brooding, if not you could momentarily separate the hens with an equal number of chicks until the chicks get used to staying with the right mother, then put them back together again. If it does happen to not work out they'll just have to be kept separate.

I dont have a roo, I'm just wondering if them being so close and the one acting differently is making the other fussy.

 

[troyer]

I dont have a roo, I'm just wondering if them being so close and the one acting differently is making the other fussy.

That's probably what it is, sorry for assuming they were broody.

 

[aart]

unless I put her in the coop so she could see.

This puzzled me.......don't they all have access to go into coop whenever they want?

If in fact the one is broody, do you want her to hatch chicks?

 

[MountainMomma359]

This puzzled me.......don't they all have access to go into coop whenever they want?

If in fact the one is broody, do you want her to hatch chicks?

This was from when they first started laying, I took her to see her sister since she was freaking out. Yes they can go any time but ya know, tiny brains They can't hatch the eggs they aren't fertile.

 

[aart]

This was from when they first started laying, I took her to see her sister since she was freaking out. Yes they can go any time but ya know, tiny brains

Best to let them work it out themselves.

They can't hatch the eggs they aren't fertile.

If you don't want to get her fertile eggs or day old chicks, best to break the broodiness.