Kristen’s Chickens and Farming Ventures

[MaryJanet]

Here, Mary was broody last Summer when the temperature was consistently and almost traumatically high. I wanted her off the nest, in a cooler spot and consuming more water.

I'm still inexperienced but I was very inexperienced back then.

Anyway, every day she got up for a stretch, dinner and drinks (and a huuuuuuuge defecate) and I took those opportunities to remove the eggs. She gave up by herself after a week.

But now I'm wondering if that was a cruel thing to do. Maybe I should have put her in a crate instead.

What do you think?

 

[Ribh]

Here, Mary was broody last Summer when the temperature was consistently and almost traumatically high. I wanted her off the nest, in a cooler spot and consuming more water.

I'm still inexperienced but I was very inexperienced back then.

Anyway, every day she got up for a stretch, dinner and drinks (and a huuuuuuuge defecate) and I took those opportunities to remove the eggs. She gave up by herself after a week.

But now I'm wondering if that was a cruel thing to do. Maybe I should have put her in a crate instead.

What do you think?

Hepzibah was triggering everyone else. 5 chooks, no eggs. In summer. When I picked up my 2nd lot of girls I chatted with my supplier about it because broodies are a PITA unless you actually want them to brood. I was hoying her off the nest because I don't have a crate & locking her out of the pen & she would forage all day with the flock but be back on the nest as soon as she went to roost. My supplier says all I was doing was resetting her body clock each day ~ & we literally went all summer! I need to get me a crate. It seems to be the only sure fire way to discourage them.

 

[BlueBaby]

It seem's like broodies like to do it in the hottest part of the summer. I had 2 hen's that went broody this past summer. First it was hen #1, then hen #2, then hen #1 again. They never did figure out how to hatch plastic egg's.

 

[Ribh]

It seem's like broodies like to do it in the hottest part of the summer. I had 2 hen's that went broody this past summer. First it was hen #1, then hen #2, then hen #1 again. They never did figure out how to hatch plastic egg's.

 

[BlueBaby]

Speaking about hatching, I'm thinking about putting a few egg's in my incubator because it will be lonely after this coming Sunday's hatch. The egg's I want to put into it are green one's from my NN/CCLB hen with my new cockerel over her. The last egg of her's that I cracked opened was fertile.

 

[BY Bob]

Here, Mary was broody last Summer when the temperature was consistently and almost traumatically high. I wanted her off the nest, in a cooler spot and consuming more water.

I'm still inexperienced but I was very inexperienced back then.

Anyway, every day she got up for a stretch, dinner and drinks (and a huuuuuuuge defecate) and I took those opportunities to remove the eggs. She gave up by herself after a week.

But now I'm wondering if that was a cruel thing to do. Maybe I should have put her in a crate instead.

What do you think?

I would not let Mal set so long again. I would prefer your method. I will certainly crate her sooner in the future if I have to.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

then one night last week it dropped overnight to 10C and I just didn't have enough heat in the brooder to combat the cold. So I lost a bunch.

Sorry to hear that Bob. It must be very frustrating as well as saddening

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Swimming in the sea in a storm is the best!

Well, I grew up by the water & I could handle a boat practically before I could walk but my father wouldn't let us on the water [even life jacketed] until we could swim @ least 25m really well ~ so I can swim ~ but I sailed & capsizes terrorised me. All that sail & ropes & you can't touch bottom, then the idea of sharks.... However we had an ocean pool & I loved swimming in that as a kid. Now I never get in the water. Too itchy & too much like hard work...

And don't forget the stingers up your way Ribh! Or is that only further north?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thanks! The weather I can usually deal with, it’s the people that make things hard for me sometimes. I can totally make do with adding the chicks to the trailer, it’s more if Andrew and I will still be speaking to each other by the time that they are OK outside...

You always seem to be juggling several things at once Kris. You seem to be a natural, I'm sure whatever you do will work out and you'll learn lots. (And so will we!)

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning Kris