My Cuckoo Maran has gone Cuckoo!

[Mousiebby]

My cuckoo Fajita is 27w and not laying. Bummer. View attachment 1156772 View attachment 1156773

Aw! She looks like our Dominique, Bella

 

[Mousiebby]

First make sure she's actually broody, some birds like to lounge in the nest,
or hide there from bullies or if not feeling well.
Is she on the nest most the day and all night?
Is she screaming at you and biting if you try to touch her?
I only 'call broody' if they've been on the nest 3 days/nights running.
If she is broody, CN13 is correct, a broody breaker crate is the best option,
and the sooner the better.

Yup. Has been in there for about 6 days now. Gets angry and literally scream when we open box to gather other eggs

 

[Mousiebby]

Hi! I don't know very much about this, as I haven't had a hen go broody yet. I have heard sometimes setting them in cold water helps to break them from the broodiness, but I don't know if it works. Maybe make sure she has access to calcium such as oyster shells or egg shells? I don't know if I can help you very much with this lol. I'm sure you will get good answers though.

But on the other hand, would you mind posting a picture of what your cuckoo marans looks like? We recently got some chicks at our feed store and don't know if they are barred rocks or cuckoo marans, so I would be curious to know what yours look like! If you can't that's fine, I was just curious.

Ok! This is my Cuckoo...

 

[Arya28]

Ok! This is my Cuckoo...

She's very pretty! Thank you for the picture! I think mine look a little more like the ones in @GreenbrierChickens photo, so apparently there can be a lot of color variation in the same breed! I have one that's almost all white down her front and others that look more like yours. I guess only time will tell what they really are!

 

[Mousiebby]

Ok! This is my Cuckoo...

She's very pretty! Thank you for the picture! I think mine look a little more like the ones in @GreenbrierChickens photo, so apparently there can be a lot of color variation in the same breed! I have one that's almost all white down her front and others that look more like yours. I guess only time will tell what they really are!

This is our 1st time having hens. So we don't know much. My Dominique looks just like the one above, more white with black.

 

[aart]

Yup. Has been in there for about 6 days now. Gets angry and literally scream when we open box to gather other eggs

Into the breaker with her!!

 

[Arya28]

This is our 1st time having hens. So we don't know much. My Dominique looks just like the one above, more white with black.

What color are the dominique legs?

 

[Mousiebby]

Into the breaker with her!!

How long do I keep her on time out?

 

[Mousiebby]

What color are the dominique legs?

Kinda hard to tell off pic but our are on the paler side. Hers have always had white specks all around egg.

 

[Arya28]

Kinda hard to tell off pic but our are on the paler side. Hers have always had white specks all around egg.

Oh I was talking about their legs Lol

Thank you for the pic though! It won't hurt to know their egg color!