Silkie thread!

[TherryChicken]

My splashed girl is broody, but I have no fertile eggs for her. I'm used to broody ducks, not chickens. What should I do?

 

[silkiecuddles]

My splashed girl is broody, but I have no fertile eggs for her. I'm used to broody ducks, not chickens. What should I do?

If you don't have any eggs for her, you should break her.some Silkies tend to brood without realizing their own necessities meaning they'll forget to eat, drink. She's very very pretty!

 

[TherryChicken]

If you don't have any eggs for her, you should break her.some Silkies tend to brood without realizing their own necessities meaning they'll forget to eat, drink. She's very very pretty!

Thank you! How do I break her?

 

[silkiecuddles]

If you can, lock her out of the coop during the day. You could stick ice cubes under her, I did that once. Not sure wether it actually did anything. If you search it on BYC you'll probably find much better ways to do it. Good luck!

 

[TherryChicken]

If you can, lock her out of the coop during the day. You could stick ice cubes under her, I did that once. Not sure wether it actually did anything. If you search it on BYC you'll probably find much better ways to do it. Good luck!

Ok thank you so much! I still have lots to learn about silkies

 

[silkiecuddles]

You're welcome! BYC is the place to learn about chickens!!

 

[BantyChooks]

the chicken chick has a exelent article of breaking broodyness safely..
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/05/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch.html

the chicken chick has a frizzle which is as hard or harder to break as the average silke. again, BYC has some exelent articles too!
good luck.

 

[BantyChooks]

You're welcome! BYC is the place to learn about chickens!!

X2

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[TherryChicken]

You're welcome! BYC is the place to learn about chickens!!

Xs3! Been on here for 3 years and is amazingly helpful! Learned everything I know from here

 

[TherryChicken]

A cutie for the day