Peeps in Europe!

[AnnaWolf]

Toos is broody after just laying 16 eggs.
I have to setup my broody jail for the first time. Are there tips and tricks?

 

[BDutch]

@maceleneo A few changes in their names might do the trick. Like Edwina and Santa Polla?

@AnnaWolf . Toos is Dutch isn’t she? They are not hard to break. Some tips :

• Take away the eggs asap. No fake eggs in the nest.
• ‘Kick’ her out the nest as much as possible during the day.
• Close the nestbox she wants to settle if you have another one or create another temporary one in a different corner with a cardboard box.
• Close nestboxes in the evening and make sure she’s roosting.
• Put her up the roost if she settles in a nestbox/on the floor.

P.s. lots of people use the wire cage method. But I don’t like to. It seems quit cruel and my Dutch never needed it.

ps2: don’t forget to open the nestbox after dark again.

 

[AnnaWolf]

@maceleneo A few changes in their names might do the trick. Like Edwina and Santa Polla?

@AnnaWolf . Toos is Dutch isn’t she? They are not hard to break. Some tips :

• Take away the eggs asap. No fake eggs in the nest.
• ‘Kick’ her out the nest as much as possible during the day.
• Close the nestbox she wants to settle if you have another one or create another temporary one in a different corner with a cardboard box.
• Close nestboxes in the evening and make sure she’s roosting.
• Put her up the roost if she settles in a nestbox/on the floor.

Yes she is and a sweety when I pick her up, just growls a bit.
I did all the things you said, but she is stubborn when I turn my back she goes right back to the coop. Nugget is exploring the nest box for her first egg.
So I think I have to setup a bench, to avoid some problems, but I'm sur that will give it's own problems.

 

[BDutch]

My broodies where always broodie-off within 4 days if I didn’t forget to handle it.

I do check most evenings if they all roost before going to sleep myself. If a broody settles for one night she’s harder to stop.

 

[maceleneo]

@maceleneo A few changes in their names might do the trick. Like Edwina and Santa Polla?

ha ha, santa polla is so funny in italian, if she's a girl it's gonna be her name for sure!

 

[BDutch]

Looked that one up. Does it really mean Santa Claus?
I thought it would mean holy hen or some similar.

 

[chickengr]

thank you! they both have male names, but I really hope you are right!
the bearded one is edgar allan pio ("pio" means "cheep" in italian) and the other one is sante pollastro (sante pollastro was a male bandit from the past century.. "pollastro" means cockerel). I can't see male signs either, but these are pea combs and they are so tricky to me! with single combs things seems easier!
I was hoping that chicks born here would be super tame and confident, but they are not at all! they are starting to eat food from my hands only now, I hope things will get better with time!

with pea combs we watch colour. if starts to get red from 6+ wo they are cockerels. pullets have pale combs till point of lay.

 

[maceleneo]

Looked that one up. Does it really mean Santa Claus?
I thought it would mean holy hen or some similar.

it means holy hen! santa claus is not a saint in italy, we call him "daddy christmas"!

 

[maceleneo]

with pea combs we watch colour. if starts to get red from 6+ wo they are cockerels. pullets have pqale combs till point of lay.

thank you! when I get my marans they were unsexed, they turned out to be all females but their combs were still much more yellow when they were 10 weeks old! these 2 chicks have pale combs... but it's a pale pink! I guess this vary based on breed and comb type, right?

 

[BDutch]

it means holy hen! santa claus is not a saint in italy, we call him "daddy christmas"!

Sometimes Google Translate really sucks. Translating holy hen into Santa Claus.

We have a SinterKlaas (Our Santa Claus which is different , he has his birthday on the 5th of december, comes by boat from Spain and travels on a white horse over rooftops. They say he gives all the presents to the children.

With X-mass we have a kerstman too like the Santa in the US. But this is mainly for the elder people who like give presents to each other. And the date is more convenient bc its a Holliday and families gather anyway.