- Jul 17, 2012
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I might be exaggerating. I left town in April for one night, with a neighbor watching my "girls". When I came back, my silver laced wyandotte was broody. I'm a pretty new chicken mama, so it took me a day or so to really catch on. Thankfully, she wasn't mean - she just sort of purred whenever someone approached her in the nesting box. Unfortunately, all four of my girls refuse to use any place other than that one nesting box to lay their eggs. I ended up rounding up an old cage from a friend, where my Wyandotte spent two or three nights before she finally broke.
Today, just over a month later, I found her in the nesting box...purring...fluffing up. ARGH. I locked the girls out of the coop allllll day, to see if she would calm down. No dice. When I went out at 9 to let everyone back in for bed, she went straight to the nesting box. Stubborn little thing!!
So, tonight, she is back in the cage on the deck, next to the last three chicks who are still too little for the yard.
Can someone please reassure me - is this normal behavior? I mean, can I expect all of my flock to go broody at the drop of a hat like this at some point? Or is Sara just really stubborn?? (We have no rooster, no need for new chicks, and no desire to let her sit in the nesting box until she gives up in a month or two.)
Today, just over a month later, I found her in the nesting box...purring...fluffing up. ARGH. I locked the girls out of the coop allllll day, to see if she would calm down. No dice. When I went out at 9 to let everyone back in for bed, she went straight to the nesting box. Stubborn little thing!!
So, tonight, she is back in the cage on the deck, next to the last three chicks who are still too little for the yard.
Can someone please reassure me - is this normal behavior? I mean, can I expect all of my flock to go broody at the drop of a hat like this at some point? Or is Sara just really stubborn?? (We have no rooster, no need for new chicks, and no desire to let her sit in the nesting box until she gives up in a month or two.)