Very small pink eggs?

[Country Hens]

Best picture I could get. They are so cute and definitely pink. I never thought I would get so attached to chickens! Now I have a broody girl. Since my 6 girls lay at different times of the day I have to check for eggs every couple of hours and remove them and take the broody one out for food and water.

 

[aart]

UtOh....darn broody pullets!
Had 2 this year, but they broke pretty easy,
just tossing out of nests a few times a day and putting on roost at night,
didn't have to get the broody breaker crate out.

 

[Country Hens]

I read if you put a bag of frozen veggies under her to lower her temp she will stop. I'm going to try this next.

 

[Country Hens]

Unfortunately her favorite roost is way up high.

 

[chickens really]

Nice..Look tan to me but if you say pink I'll agree.
Cute Hen though....

 

[AlleysChicks]

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Very pretty! And bigger than I thought! My eggs never look their true color in pics either. I’ve very jealous of those pretty eggs

 

[aart]

I read if you put a bag of frozen veggies under her to lower her temp she will stop. I'm going to try this next.

Unfortunately her favorite roost is way up high.

A truly broody bird does not roost in her usual place at night, but will spend most the day and all night in the nest. I don't call broody until the all day and night happens for 3 day in a row. Just keep tossing her out of the nest for a day/night or two. If that doesn't change her mind, use a broody breaker crate. Works better than ice on her belly or the cold water dunk.


My experience went like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest, I put her in a wire dog crate with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop with fed and water

I let her out a couple times a day(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two.

Feed and water added after pic was taken.

 

[Country Hens]

Thank you! This is her 4th day, so it's crate time!!