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[Kaneke]

brain throws up odd associations now and then --

just make sure, if you re-name her Malvina, that you don't put her in little boxes made of ticky tacky ....

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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try what Cisco advises (hope the link works)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2010065309_ciscoemorris15.html

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya got to watch this

x2 - thanks for the laugh!

 

[justbugged]

Well the little nasty dogs are desperate to go to bed, and the fishes want to eat. Poor little fishes it's vegi night. Tomorrow the fishes will get meat again. The Big Dog is already in bed. So I guess I will go and put the nasty little dogs into their boxes.

So good night from the night crew.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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I'd say about 9 to 12 for an Australorp - she could probably hold more but not as comfortably.

I read somewhere below you have her in a litter box. Just to say - be sure you have it to where it cannot tip even if she steps on the side. Also - we lost one egg from our broody stepping into her basket (up & over the lip) so I ended up removing it. Ours is a Giant Jersey - and she is a bit clumsy!

Don't worry about the loss of heat. They will get up & out of the next about once a day for up to 30 minutes...just make sure she goes back to the correct nest (since she's new) for the first couple days.

And finally - when I put eggs under our broody - she likes to see them and tuck them herself. So anytime I remove her eggs for any reason (candling & what not) I place them in front of her one at a time as she tucks them under (Counting?

)However - I know a lot of people just put them under the bird when they are sleeping. My broody thinks of me as the rooster and food provider and lets me get away with a lot!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Broody mamas & their chicks are so fun!

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I have 2 hens, they started laying about 3 weeks ago.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I'm not even close to being a local, someday I will be.

 

[MadameDork]

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What is the show and where is Stevenson? I realize I can google Stevenson.

 

[MadameDork]

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And they all look just the same.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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try what Cisco advises (hope the link works)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2010065309_ciscoemorris15.html

I have done this. While I hung them in the barn rather than the house it did work ok. Just pulled the whole plant and hung it by the roots.