problem with 2 broody chickens... advice needed!!!!

Status
Not open for further replies.

teresa-78

Songster
9 Years
Jun 24, 2010
705
48
121
England
For the past 11 days my bantam has been sitting on eggs..... everything going great until this morning...

another chicken has also decided to go broody... she waited until my bantam left the nest box to eat and drink, which
she does every morning.. and took over her eggs, and wont let her back on..... do I remove the new broody so the bantam can
re sit or do I leave her on the stolen nest.... or another option do I go buy some more fertile eggs and let her sit her own??

Im concerned if I take her off the eggs and put her on some new ones she may just leave them, and as the other eggs only have 10
days left its far to late to put newly brought eggs under the bantam!!! any ideas what I should do.... im worried if i interver they may both leave the nest and the
eggs will go cold and the chicks will die????
 
I would take the 'thief' off the eggs and let your bantam go back.

If you want the other hen to hatch eggs and do not have any fertile eggs, give her some golf balls or stones until you can acquire some,

good luck,

sandie
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom