HELP! Her neck was stuck on the hinge

[queenie_29]

Sure, here are a couple of photos…. Generally she gets the whole space but the others wanted to lay so we put the divider in so they could go.

 

[cherrynberry]

Sure, here are a couple of photos…. Generally she gets the whole space but the others wanted to lay so we put the divider in so they could go. View attachment 2883019View attachment 2883021

Looks perfectly fine to go broody. I am pretty sure she is broody. Her neck looks fine too. You can either break her of her broodiness or let her hatch. If you leave her be for too long without giving her viable eggs or breaking her, she could get really weak and possibly die.

Here is how you can break her: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/outdoor-broody-breaker.76592/

 

[cherrynberry]

I think it would be unusual for a bird in anything but top condition to go broody.

I just mentioned it as a possibility. She looks fine in the photos actually.

 

[queenie_29]

Looks perfectly fine to go broody. I am pretty sure she is broody. Her neck looks fine too. You can either break her of her broodiness or let her hatch. If you leave her be for too long, she could get really weak and possibly die.

Here is how you can break her: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/outdoor-broody-breaker.76592/

Great, thank you so much for your help! We are glad she isn’t injured.

 

[Perris]

she does indeed look good; I had imagined something quite different from the description of her accident.

 

[cherrynberry]

Great, thank you so much for your help!

She is beautiful! Good job rescuing her.

 

[queenie_29]

she does indeed look good; I had imagined something quite different from the description of her accident.

yes, we are very lucky she wasn’t up there for too long.

She is beautiful! Good job rescuing her.

Ahh we would love to let her hatch, but we are still getting the hang of this whole chicken thing (no pun intended )

 

[cherrynberry]

yes, we are very lucky she wasn’t up there for too long.

Ahh we would love to let her hatch, but we are still getting the hang of this whole chicken thing (no pun intended )

In my very shallow experience with Wyandotte's, they are great mamas. Mine did really well with her chicks.

If she goes broody again during Spring, I (personally) would set some fertile eggs. That is assuming you have a male in the flock or are going to purchase fertile eggs. Hatching is a lot of fun. Its really not as hard as hatching with an incubator.

 

[queenie_29]

In my very shallow experience with Wyandotte's, they are great mamas. Mine did really well with her chicks.

If she goes broody again during Spring, I (personally) would set some fertile eggs. That is assuming you have a male in the flock or are going to purchase fertile eggs. Hatching is a lot of fun. Its really not as hard as hatching with an incubator.

It’s unfortunate really, We are just heading into spring now (in aus). We don’t really have the space for any more than a few more chickens, but had she gone broody in maybe a few months time we would have given her some fertile eggs and given the chicks to the ag club at school, as they want some more chickens