Awesome. Great insight. Appreciate it! I won't ask what a broody breaker pen is yet but, I'll put it on my list for when the time comes... Heh.
It is just an extra cage or space/area in the coop or outside that you put the hen who is a little overzealous about wanting babies & not laying eggs.
I use a med-large metal dog cage.
If it is nice outside I will put it out with the other girls so the broody-hen can be out in the light..not direct sun, geesh...& still hang with the girls. I put food & water in with her also.
It has worked best for us to be able to get the brood-hen out of the coop & in the company of the others, broods like it dark and quiet.
Now, they won't appreciate all the work you will have done for them, so be patient.
They may/will growl or even try to peck, but it is for their..your own good
, but this is only for those who do not want eggs to be sat on, like when they haven't been fertilized because you don't have a rooster
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Sometimes we have to do this for a week, maybe just a coupe of days..all depends on how nuts, er...broody they have gotten themselves.
If you start seeing too many belly feathers or one of the girls like to be sitting in a corner or nest box a bit too long..like ALL day, that is a good sign you have a broody brewing
There are a lot of others here who have more experience with them than I, so feel free to ask questions..about anything. There are no dumb questions, except for the ones not asked
We have all started at the beginning once.
,my gosh this is getting to be a bad habit, this long windedness
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You would've thought that Daffy would've educated him by now! Ugghhh looks like I gotta go have a talk with him...
Never had to give anybody the talk before, hopefully it works!
. Good Luck !
very cute, tiny
picking on each other for the best corner, squawking & growling whenever we tell them to go outside & enjoy the day.
