Broody?

[aart]

Thanks, @aart ! I’m sure I’ll need it. I’m happy for the warmer weather (-2 Wednesday, 56 tomorrow) because it sounds like a cold process.

It's been warmer here too....it's kinda nice...very few freezing temps during the days.

She let me take the single egg beneath her, and ate some of the mash I brought her.

I'd pull her right off the nest, do not feed her on the nest. Sometimes you can break then just by tossing them off the nest a few times a day.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

@aart Thanks! I’m new at this.

 

[aart]

@aart Thanks! I’m new at this.

Toss her off a few times today, if your schedule allows, see what happenes...meanwhile get your crate set up and ready to go.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

I took her off and set her in the snow! Also pulled her off repeatedly for a little while, then settled on putting an ice pack in the nest while I hit up friends for a crate.

Thanks again! She ate ravenously when she first came out and made 3 big poops!

 

[aart]

I took her off and set her in the snow! Also pulled her off repeatedly for a little while, then settled on putting an ice pack in the nest while I hit up friends for a crate.

Thanks again! She ate ravenously when she first came out and made 3 big poops!

Read a good trick of putting ice cubes in a flat tupperware to set in the nest...keeps nest cold but dry. Tho if you have other birds that need to lay....might not be the best idea.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Yes. They all use the same nest. I did find another girl climbing all over Broody Buffy. I added a bit of fresh hay to the other nest. Maybe I’ll put the eggs in that one.

 

[chickengirl778]

That might encourage them to lay in the other nest!

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Slow to catch on, pancake on the snow. Sorry it’s sideways!

 

[Mrs. K]

enabler - ask someone near you has fertilized eggs...just saying

 

[rosemarythyme]

Slow to catch on, pancake on the snow. Sorry it’s sideways!

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I have to admit I first thought it was a photo of poop, then I finished scrolling down!