Henriettamom919
Crowing
One of the reasons I've always been reluctant to lock Henrietta up in the past is she's not solid broody- lays every other day and didn't live on the nest except the one time of three.
I wouldn't care except she only has two flockmates and naturally they both give her a really hard time with all her fluffing, clucking and loner behavior.
It got bad enough this last time with her behavior and general lack of appetite I tossed her in early on. Yesterday she laid an egg during her once daily hour long "break" and went up to roost last night but slept on the ground. This morning she was even worse, just a walking puff ball doing the ticking time bomb cluck and screeching at her mates who of course, chased her in response.
I've been keeping her in the crate, no bedding and cool water dunking her before putting her back for three straight days minus an hour in the evening because she often continues laying while like this.
If the point is to cool her down what do I do when she's continuing to lay and not sitting the nest? Should I just let her out and let it pass? I'm buying a wire crate this coming Friday but breast temperature doesn't seem to be the issue here?
I'm sorry I keep whining about this one hen but she is getting pretty bullied at this point when exposed to her flockmates and not following any of the usual "broody rules"
I wouldn't care except she only has two flockmates and naturally they both give her a really hard time with all her fluffing, clucking and loner behavior.
It got bad enough this last time with her behavior and general lack of appetite I tossed her in early on. Yesterday she laid an egg during her once daily hour long "break" and went up to roost last night but slept on the ground. This morning she was even worse, just a walking puff ball doing the ticking time bomb cluck and screeching at her mates who of course, chased her in response.
I've been keeping her in the crate, no bedding and cool water dunking her before putting her back for three straight days minus an hour in the evening because she often continues laying while like this.
If the point is to cool her down what do I do when she's continuing to lay and not sitting the nest? Should I just let her out and let it pass? I'm buying a wire crate this coming Friday but breast temperature doesn't seem to be the issue here?
I'm sorry I keep whining about this one hen but she is getting pretty bullied at this point when exposed to her flockmates and not following any of the usual "broody rules"