Asaria1
Songster
Hello fellow chicken keepers. Im a little confused about this whole chicken jail thing. Im under the impression that the sooner you try to break a broody the better. However, is there a such thing as too soon? My hen is showing all the signs.. so in the broody pen she goes. But this morning she laid an egg in there! No bedding or anything. She just laid it on the wire bottom. So i let her out and everything was great. Dust bathing, eating, foraging with the flock... not even an hour later, BAM! she’s right back in the nesting box flattened out and angry with me for moving her yet again. Do i have to wait till she completely stops laying eggs before i put her in jail? At the first sign i locked her up. She laid an egg the morning i jailed her. But she was SITTING. She laid that egg and never got back up again.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!