Broody?

[MagpieDucks]

Aw they are so cute, I had two black but sadly one was taken out by a mink the first week I got them. I had a bantam lavender orp too that was so pretty.

Ooo! I really want Lav Bantams. Any pics?

 

[wildwestcoast]

Ooo! I really want Lav Bantams. Any pics?

I have one but it's kinda dark. I only had her two days

 

[tacothechicken]

Ooooh lavenders are gorgeous! Pretty sure I got blue Americaunas delivered in a batch the other day though I pray maybe they'll grow out to be lavenders

 

[wildwestcoast]

Ooooh lavenders are gorgeous! Pretty sure I got blue Americaunas delivered in a batch the other day though I pray maybe they'll grow out to be lavenders

She was so pretty! I couldn't believe my luck when I bought her off a lady downsizing her flock. Then that darn mink got them.

 

[wildwestcoast]

She was so pretty! I couldn't believe my luck when I bought her off a lady downsizing her flock. Then that darn mink got them.

Funny now that its come up..I was googling lav orps just now and i dont think that is what i had..she looks more like a blue from what i can see. Not that i know much about fancy chickens. I was going by what i was told at the time. I would love to get another like her though

 

[tacothechicken]

From what I know about blue vs lav. It's mostly a shade and breeding trait difference. Lav. Genes breed true so L×L = all Lavender chicks but Blue is not so you can breed a black to black and get splash, black or blue but a blue and blue wont breed all blues. That's based on Americauna genetics :/ I don't know if there's be any difference in Orpingtons.

 

[aart]

Sorry if this us a dumb question lol..I have a bantam black orp who likes to sit on the eggs lately and I've caught her just sitting there in the nest box when I go out to lock the coop in the evening. When I take the eggs she does get up and go but I'm wondering if she could be broody? I dont have a rooster, and just 4 hens. I had production reds before this for 3 years and they never did that. Are some breeds more likely to behave this way? The other 3 dont do it either and they are all different breeds (2 EE and a svart hona)

Is she laying?
Is she being 'bullied'?
Is she still eating, drinking, pooping, and moving around OK?

Some birds are just 'loungers', sitting in the nest for an hour or more before and after laying or on and off during the day.

These are the signs I have to see before 'calling broody':
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

 

[wildwestcoast]

Is she laying?
Is she being 'bullied'?
Is she still eating, drinking, pooping, and moving around OK?

Some birds are just 'loungers', sitting in the nest for an hour or more before and after laying or on and off during the day.

These are the signs I have to see before 'calling broody':
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

thanks I will watch for those signs. so far it's just been the last couple of days. I have no idea how to manage broody..so hopefully it's not. I thought I knew all I needed about backyard chickens but now here comes another thing to learn lol

 

[Anime2lover]

Sorry if this us a dumb question lol..I have a bantam black orp who likes to sit on the eggs lately and I've caught her just sitting there in the nest box when I go out to lock the coop in the evening. When I take the eggs she does get up and go but I'm wondering if she could be broody? I dont have a rooster, and just 4 hens. I had production reds before this for 3 years and they never did that. Are some breeds more likely to behave this way? The other 3 dont do it either and they are all different breeds (2 EE and a svart hona)

I got to austrolorps whom are so far being devoted sitters (and more whom im not letting sit but want to sit) i'd say yours may want to brood. What id do is either end her broodiness, or maybe pick up a few hatching eggs for her.

 

[wildwestcoast]

I got to austrolorps whom are so far being devoted sitters (and more whom im not letting sit but want to sit) i'd say yours may want to brood. What id do is either end her broodiness, or maybe pick up a few hatching eggs for her.

how do I end her broodiness? so far I have just started petting her (which she hates haha) so then she gets up and goes. normally they see me coming and head the other way..or give me a baleful glare if in the nesting box. I can't do the hatching eggs thing because I am in a town and limited on my number of chickens.