I can't let them sit so I find it distressing having to constantly thwart such an innate drive as well as frustrating having to constantly monitor them. These are young, inexperienced hens who tend not to leave the nest to eat & from sad experience I know that can be disasterous!
Yikes. Are you pulling them from the nest? I feel terrible fighting that natural drive, too. But this year I caved and got chicks for Little Mill. She growled and pecked at them, so I raised them myself. (Which isn’t so bad, ss they are very affectionate!)
Yes. I've had a bit going on so haven't been quite as diligent as I should have been about breaking them but I lift them off the nest several times each day to eat, drink, poop & dust bathe. They are in my small coop now, which is what I use for my broodies & will be dealt with because I don't have the time & it's pointless to allow them to persist. I nearly caved when I saw our Produce store had chicks but they were Hyliners ~ a high production hybrid~ & the chicks were already nearly as big as my bantams so I thought better of it.
She's isn't even broody...she just wanted to lay her egg in privacy & with dignity...
Oh, yes! I’ve had a couple make broody-like sounds when they wanted privacy. Yours sounds like a baby velociraptor!She's isn't even broody...she just wanted to lay her egg in privacy & with dignity...
As long as she doesn't try to eat me I'm okay with that...
Fair enough too!She's isn't even broody...she just wanted to lay her egg in privacy & with dignity...
I can't tell you the last time I saw a rainbow!!
