- Nov 14, 2010
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My Barred Rock, Misty, finally went broody. And you can tell she's very serious about it. She wouldn't get off the nest to eat supper last night. Figuring she wasn't hungry anyway, I locked up the coop and went along to bed. This morning she wouldn't get off the nest to eat breakfast either. But I needed to get her off the nest so I could collect the Leghorn eggs she stole from the nest nearby. I shoved her off and made her get out of the coop to eat and drink, then took the white eggs and left quickly. She's back on the nest now.
But anyways, I'm getting off-topic.
What should I do, now that she's broody? Moving her will make her stop, right? When my Rhode Island Red hen, Simone, went broody two years ago, I left her sitting in that nest box until an egg started hatching. Then I moved her and her egg to a comfy cage in the back room, where we successfully hatched a chick, whose second birthday is today, actually! But things didn't work out well. That was the only chick Simone managed to hatch. The other chickens were kinda hard on her and she lost six eggs, making Pip her only survivor. So I know that I shouldn't do this with Misty unless I want to end up with one chick. Or none.
So what do I do with Misty?
But anyways, I'm getting off-topic.
What should I do, now that she's broody? Moving her will make her stop, right? When my Rhode Island Red hen, Simone, went broody two years ago, I left her sitting in that nest box until an egg started hatching. Then I moved her and her egg to a comfy cage in the back room, where we successfully hatched a chick, whose second birthday is today, actually! But things didn't work out well. That was the only chick Simone managed to hatch. The other chickens were kinda hard on her and she lost six eggs, making Pip her only survivor. So I know that I shouldn't do this with Misty unless I want to end up with one chick. Or none.
So what do I do with Misty?
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