Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

ya I rememebr ya rehoming em.. so how old are they now?

 

[bamadude]

Little over a year old.

 

[Amberjem]

can anyone answer me when a hen stops being broody when do they start laying again?

 

[Peep_Show]

Sometimes it's the next day. Or longer.... Depends on the hen, the amount of light, how spent her resources are from having been a broody.

In other words, there's no set number...

 

[Amberjem]

ah ha ok thanks @Peep_Show .......... will rearranging the perchs in a henhouse also put them off laying? heya @RavynFallen

 

[Amberjem]

so whats your favorite chicken so far @bamadude and why?

 

[bamadude]

can anyone answer me  when  a hen stops being broody when do they start laying again?

some breeds are wired by "mother nature" to collect and sit on eggs. Stopping them from being broody is usually a difficult task

 

[hennible]

Speaking of broody hens I need to go through Paula off her eggs... I don't really through her...

 

[Amberjem]

some breeds are wired by "mother nature" to collect and sit on eggs. Stopping them from being broody is usually a difficult task

ya violet was broody for almost 19 days she stopped sitting in the nestbox yesterday...today would have been day 20.. Iencouraged her out of the nest box several times each day

 

[Peep_Show]

IF changing the roosts REALLY upsets the chicken it might. Hens can get thrown off by lots of things...stray dogs nearby, etc. They lay when they feel comfortable and safe.
Remember, ALL animals are creatures of habit (people too!)