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Her feathers are almost back!!! YAYY!!
 
well I took her out of the box this evening and put her out with the flock. she didn't panic. she ate and drank and flew up on the roost in the run. I ran to town and came back to close up the coop and she was back in the box. Im not sure what to do. I am limited on space right now. Just the large fowl coop and silken coop.
 
kabhyper1 said:
well I took her out of the box this evening and put her out with the flock. she didn't panic. she ate and drank and flew up on the roost in the run. I ran to town and came back to close up the coop and she was back in the box. Im not sure what to do. I am limited on space right now. Just the large fowl coop and silken coop.
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If you don't have anyplace to put her where she know the other birds and they know her, she will be better off where she is. Don't leave eggs in with her, if she still has the plastic one - take it out, and if there is any way to block her out of the box/coop or whatever your arrangements are, try to keep her from getting back to it, and don't fret too much, it's not going to kill her - it would just be better if she didn't go broody.
 
lilcrow said:
If you don't have anyplace to put her where she know the other birds and they know her, she will be better off where she is. Don't leave eggs in with her, if she still has the plastic one - take it out, and if there is any way to block her out of the box/coop or whatever your arrangements are, try to keep her from getting back to it, and don't fret too much, it's not going to kill her - it would just be better if she didn't go broody.
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I took the plastic egg out. She wasn't happy about it. :p She is such a good girl I can reach right in and pick her up with out too much fuss. It is pretty much impossible to keep her out of the boxes, as my other 8 hens use them to lay everyday. Unless I bring her in the house or put her in the silkie coop. She has been with my blue pair of silkies before, but its been a couple months. She hasn't been with the other silkie girls. She isn't aggressive at all. She may do okay with them. I would rather not have to take her out and have her have to re-establish herself into the flock later. I am afraid if I leave her to brood without eggs, she might brood for too long. With eggs it will just be for the 21 days, if she stops early I have an incubator, or I can bring the chicks inside after hatch if I have too. I would rather her not be broody, but I just don't know how I can break her with my setup right now. Its my fault I didnt anticipate a broody so soon.
 
ki4got said:
I've had bantam girls do that. one bantam brahma laid for about a week then went broody, ended up hatching 18 chicks. but I wouldn't say that's normal for any breed, though I've also had dorkings do that to me this year as well. one pullet, hatched mid November, went broody in may. only reason I let her was because it would have involved disassembling my deck to get to her. LOL
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i have a 5 month old pullet now who is broody. She did start laying early, then went broody on the stroke of 5 months.
 

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