Winter Solstice Basement Broody Blues!

[bantyshanty]

I've been supplementing my lighting to 14 hours/day, and the girls have been laying quite well. They're 5-12 months old.

Problem is, every day now, another one goes broody. I have to isolate them in the elevated wire cage-on-a-cage in the basement, because it's too cold outside for just a couple to be separated.

First the Ameraucana, then the fist-mate silkie, then the queen silkie, now the D'Anver, all 4 broody, tho' the Ameraucana's coming out of it on Day 5.

Does anyone else have winter broody blues? Really shouldn't complain, I've just never had this before

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I *don't* have supplemental light and I have a GLW broody... it's below freezing and snowing out.

Bird brains!

 

[bantyshanty]

Quote:
Dat be jes' plain wrong!

dumb clucks!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I don't add lights, but no broodies here at the moment. My previous broody has weaned her babies. Most of my girls are molting.