We used a medium dog crate (K-mart and the warehouse have these cheap in NZ) that we kept sheltered from the hot summer sun\winter winds\cold rain. We'd get up in the morning after they all laid their eggs- take her off the nest and put her in the crate for the day with some food and water, then put her back in with the hens at night. We would only need to do that for a few days before she came back to normal. If your girls lay late and your not sure if shes still broody we could tell she was still broody because she would puff her feathers out and be back in the egg box within 15 minutes. Another option - get indian runner ducks - they lay just as many eggs and never get broody - they are terrible parents.
I don't get it. Why is it using ice pad is inhuman while caging the chicken is not. I mean, if the chicken can walk away when they think it's too cold, what is the problem then?
Hmmm i gave mine a few cold dips in bucket of cold water. She wasn't eating so I thought I was doing the right thing. Didn't realise I was doing chicken torture.
This helped a lot very informative
Thanks ❤
We used a medium dog crate (K-mart and the warehouse have these cheap in NZ) that we kept sheltered from the hot summer sun\winter winds\cold rain. We'd get up in the morning after they all laid their eggs- take her off the nest and put her in the crate for the day with some food and water, then put her back in with the hens at night. We would only need to do that for a few days before she came back to normal. If your girls lay late and your not sure if shes still broody we could tell she was still broody because she would puff her feathers out and be back in the egg box within 15 minutes.
Another option - get indian runner ducks - they lay just as many eggs and never get broody - they are terrible parents.
I don't get it. Why is it using ice pad is inhuman while caging the chicken is not. I mean, if the chicken can walk away when they think it's too cold, what is the problem then?
Hmmm i gave mine a few cold dips in bucket of cold water. She wasn't eating so I thought I was doing the right thing.
Didn't realise I was doing chicken torture.
This was very educational!
good I'm glad!
Where in NZ are you Dr?
Broodiness is being bred out of chicken breeds, yet so many of us WANT broody chickens.
and we want HEALTHY brooding behaviour in those hens, don't we. Agree