Building My Chicken A Prison
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2023
- Broodiness in chickens is a total natural part of life but some chickens can get too focused on hatching and that leads to health issues. If your chicken is not breaking broodiness after a few weeks its time to consider jail. The jail helps break their ability to nest and sit on eggs which allows them to "cool off" and break the cycle. My Chirp won't eat or drink enough to stay healthy when broody so this is really about her health!
Chirp going to jail for being too good mother its so funny 😂
It's more like those women that go into hospitals and steal someone else's baby.
So, mother-ish.
More like going to jail for being an obsessive mother.
I had 2 girls whod go broody for weeks at a time, one went for 3 months. Instead of jail I'd just go out twice before school and kinda "tickle"/gently pet or rough them up til they ate, then once again right after school, and again before bed. It was hilarious because I'd be ruffling them and they'd just lay like making funny noises for a bit. I have 2 in their own permanent jails for OBSESSIVE feather picking, I've tried everything to break it but they won't stop. My two old girls (8 and 9 years) also can't be integrated because the 8 year old orpington start fights with all but her 8 year old spotted Sussex friend, and just yesterday she took a 4 1/2 foot vertical leap on the fence to Tru and go start something
@@dflaming1371 wow i also have a spotted Sussex. Also, why do they get her pick, my aunt has Chickens that do that and when she let me choose a hen to take, they were all almost completely featherless, but now my hen has regrown her feathers but i still don't know why they did that. I'm currently struggling because this is the time of the year when my hen normally goes broody, so i leave her eggs so she can incubate when ready, but there is this creature that goes in and keeps stealing the eggs, i noticed this last week, there were two eggs there and when i checked, they were gone, and there were no traces of the eggs, but i did find a bit of dry yolk the other day in a corner, and about 5 days ago, there was another egg and it also went missing, but this time there was a bit of the eggshell on the fence which my chickens don't reach, i have no idea on what the creatures is, all i know is that it eats eggs, doesn't attack my chickens since they don't have any cuts or scratches, and it has hands that can grab and carry, i think it might be a raccoon, but wouldn't that of attacked my chickens?
@@dflaming1371 thanks, and the reason the chickens where featherless was because they themselves pulled them out, im not really sure if the hen herself ate the eggs before because i found an eggshell on the fence which is high and she can't fly that high, also there was nothing for her to climb on that side of the coop
"What is wrong? I am doing a good job, am I not?"
"You're doing it too well, please stop."
Kinda like being overqualified for a job
@@capperbunshe truly over qualified gets hired to train and then the trainees get promoted right in your face. Suddenly, you see what management/the company did...you ask questions (either more money or why your trainee is now over you) and you're in the unemployment line. I remember warning my daughter. She didn't listen. "It" all happened to her. By choice, She hasn't worked SINCE!
That's what's out here worse than it was b4. Atleast back then, enough if us still owned our homes. We've been stripped and tricked OUT of everything and even INTO marrying the enemy.
Its go time~~~
@@Yiriyah is that a whole life story?
@@YiriyahI don't know "were we're going" but somebody said the white truck had candy 👀
- a confused random
Like Sargent Angel in Hot Fuzz.
Humans: Go to jail for being too crappy of a parent
Chickens: Go to jail for being too good of a parent
I guess George was right when he said we are not better than chickens intact they are better than us 😂😂
more like going to jail for snatching other peoples kids lol
The thing is she can starve herself by not eating or drinking anything waiting for these eggs to hatch and I’ve seen one of his videos saying he doesn’t got any roosters to fertilize the eggs so the hen would be waiting for the eggs to hatch and won’t be eating or drinking anything basically starving herself
She's that mom that takes care of ALL the neighborhood kids like her own
To the point that its actually unhealthy and is affecting the family's finances. Been there.
@@DuhBlaYep
I remember a neighbor mom regularly had to remind the neighborhood kids they aren't thier mom and they can't sign a permission slip for them.
The italian mom "U looka tiiiin. Havea some spaghetti my love." Kisskisskiss.
Seems like she's the neighborhood mom that keeps lovingly kidnapping all the children, while the other parents just sigh and call 911 again.
This chicken has more mother instinct than some human mothers...❤
"You deny me the glory of offspring, human. Unhand me, or it will be your skull instead of my eggs that which cracks open."
(Gotta love broody hens one-track mind lol)
I let my broodies have their babies. Sometimes I will catch the EEs trying to steal the glory at the end when they hear the eggs start peeping. EEs want the reward, but too lazy to put in the work lol
Yep they will mess u up if u step out of line
😂 lmao
I want yall to read this as Oxy iconic medieval man voice.
Hello U.N Owen. Were you her?
What an adorable chicken! Last time I had a broody hen, I lifted her up to collect the eggs, and a shockingly tiny black duckling popped out and started peeping at me😮
Awe!!! What a surprise! I've seen experiments like that where a mom is being very broody but they don't have fertilized eggs, so they place a piping duck egg under her. The mother will take great care of the baby but the two issues is ducks don't understand mother chicken calls when she's trying to show the baby that she found some yummy food for the baby and the mother hen gets really concerned/confused when the duckling keeps jumping into water because chickens don't really do that. Overall, the chicken still does a great job watching over her adopted baby, it's just a slightly confusing experience for her lol
😂
@@BellllllzI wonder how ducks would do raising chickens.
The chicken version of “DO YOU NOT HEAR YOUR MOTHER CALLING FOR YOU??” 🤣
@@DustyHoney My grandpa witnessed this firsthand as a boy, and it went fine until the mama duck led the chicks to the pond for a swim lesson😢 His youngest brother was quite traumatized.
Chicken: My species has evolved for millions of years to be extremely protective mothers.
Human: Go to jail.
I work for a very large hatchery as a customer experience specialist. This is the best option I have ever seen for broodiness! Thank you so much for the idea! I can now give customers a practical idea for their homes!
You can also dunk broody hens in water to lower their body temperature and break the cycle
Do not cage them in such a small jail. Give them another space to run
@@exalented honestly this a great way to break the cycle, then she's allowed to come back out. I was raised on a farm and this is one of the best solutions I've seen.
@@exalentedThey aren't running when they're broody. That's the problem. They basically shut down. Her experience in the cage is the same as it'd be out of it.
@@exalentedshe'll be fine for a few days. It isn't like he's making it her permanent home and she has a roosting bar, food, and water, plus she's still close enough to be able to see the rest of the flock which is really important for social animals.
My chickens freak out if they can't see each other. They're still in the brooder, but I put them outside during the day when it is warm. If I carry them in one by one (I only have 4), the first one will be screaming in the brooder until I bring a friend and the last one will be screaming in the coop until I take it to join the others. Because of this, I normally transport them in a plastic bin. They don't like the bin, but they also don't scream from being separated and the trip takes less than 2 mins. The coop is close to the house.
We once "lost" a chicken to a Fox. 3 weeks later she came out under the shed with 10 chicks, totally malnourished and loosing her feathers. You HAVE to keep them safe in order to them not damaging their health. As long as she has eggs to sit on, they will not stop caring. So it has to be that way.
they pluck themselves to make their nest but it takes a while to get those feathers back. i had a broody hen named Ginger, but no babies or rooster so she eventually gave up but she was so skinny and half naked each time she quit. the first time, i hand fed her blueberries (they were cheap that year) to keep her weight up. i downsized and sold her to a small farming family who wanted a broody hen to help add to their flock.
So you didn’t really lose her. She was nesting her babies.
@@loviewins775do you think it'd worsen or get better if she got to have a "litter" or chicks once?
Lmao faked her own death to raise a family💀
Oh wow❣️
We had a flock of chckens, they would hide their eggs from me,but I ususally found them, but one day i woke up to a cheep cheeping outside my window..a hen was strutting along with 24 newly hatched chicks…so proud. She had hidden a huge stash of eggs from me and sat on them unobserved somewhere…clever little hen.
so maybe not breakfast, but a feast in a few months
@@dRac_XII 0-0
@@dRac_XII or a feast of chicken nugs right now
I would want to hide my babies from hungry giants also!!
That’s actual brat behaviour 😂😂😂
I had my sweet Peeps get broody and it went on too long. I was desperate as she was not doing well. Our feed store lady was the one you'd call if your animal was sick. She told me to come get 2 chicks and swap them out under her at night. It worked! She had no idea they were americanas and she wasn't. She was the best mama to those chicks! ❤
Opringtons make the best mummas.❤
If you can collect all the eggs as soon as there layed when she is returned to the flock for a few days it will help stopping her going broody again, however, I have had a Orpington sit on invisible eggs too. If jail doesn't break her a cold bath for half an hour will drop her temperature and break the brood.
as a compromise I know other people who have a broody hen cage raised off the ground in a relatively breezy area so the hen gets cooled down a little and also can't brood eggs.
I had a broody chicken that was aggressive. I didn't really know what to do about it but she finally stopped being broody after one of the eggs she was sitting on cracked and attracted ants. She seemed to be chill after that and was fine. I guess having fire ants bite your ass would prevent you from sitting back down. 😂
And again, to reiterate, she was fine. I cleaned up the mess and she let me pet her to say thanks.
😂😂😂😂
That's hilarious. Poor burn bottom chikety 😂
Nooo not fire ants xD
Baby needs to listen to mom. You know what's best and I'm still learning to make sure I'm doing the right things for them when they start laying. I already love them and I am very excited to start getting eggs tbh. Put a fuck ton into them so it'll be nice to see the benefit
Her poor butt!! Awe 😂 good thing she’s alright, so cute !
she's like that friends mom that keeps serving you more and more food when you're already stuffed past capacity lol
I read "pasta capacity" and laughed then realized it didnt actually say that 😂
@Prochnost c: lol talk about "Moms spaghetti"
@@jaec1998 palms are sweating....
I love this comemnt thread 😆
I can see why it’s unhealthy for the other chicken 😢 poor bb
My hen actually did this last year. She wouldn’t eat or drink often and she clearly lost a ton of weight. When winter came along she got back to her normal self and gained weight once more. Now I know what to do now when she’s broody again!
She's so sweet! I had two Bantams that we trusted to hatch eggs for us. The problem was we had to mark the eggs we were letting her hatch because she'll steal the other chickens fresher eggs. The older one was Oreo, who we had to be careful with due to how aggressive she was at protecting the eggs.
The other Bantam was Ginny, who was an actual daughter of Oreo during the rare times Oreo would lay.
The girls were the smallest of the flock, but they made up for it in sass. By far our best mothers haha.
My great grandfather made them a swimming pool where he put those who were harder cases. He kept them there for a short time to reduce their temperature slightly to solve the broody mood. He said that when they go into broody mood they develop increased temperature and reducing it back to normal helps them snap out. I don't have chicken and have no idea if it's true, but for his chicken it ways helped, and they actually seemed to like it. One of my childhood memories is seeing calm chicken sitting in the pool and looking around. Looked quite funny.
If it works or not, I'm sure the site alone is enough to put a smile on your face lol. That sounds so cute
@nunyabusiness5614 yeah it's hella difficult and dangerous trying to separate dogs that are going at each other's throats, my dad once used his hot coffee to snap them out of it, which worked pretty effectively, hot water from the sink doesn't work, but I don't feel comfortable making scalding hot water to use as I don't want burns from that to happen to them, and well I just use a technique that uses their leashes, you loop a leash around each of their heads, separate leashes respectively, and as well pull them away, put a large spoon into the mouth of the one that has a hold of the other dog if they are latched on, as that happens often, basically try and use the handle of the large spoon to pry open their mouth, you could try and make them gag to let go but that comes with the risk of puncturing their throat, and well if you can them separated, quickly put the leashes on them properly and take them both out to separate rooms or outside far enough from each other's sight, and then possibly use a hose to wash them down to check for wounds as well to rinse blood and debris away, and well it also cools them down, if you can't go outside due to weather conditions the bathroom should work. But yeah I've had to deal with at least 8 or more different dog fights between my three treeing walker coonhounds, it was almost always entirely started because of food, luckily we haven't had a fight for 2 years or so, which is nice as once I ended up accidentally getting chomped on by the eldest of the three, and luckily got bit by his molars, so I only had one puncture that was triangular in shape lol. I didn't notice till my mom pointed out I was bleeding, the old dog never realized he bit me, so I was never mad at him for it. So yeah it's safer to find alternatives than to try man handling them yourself.
We threw ice cold water on thr extremely broody ones💀💀
@@CarlytheWolf23 we had once an incident that neighbors dog got into our yard. It was a big dog and we had a very small dog (some mixed breed the size of toy). That neighbors dog was very aggressive, but neighbors were drunks and didn't much care to look after it so it broke into our yard smelling a picnick that we had there, but as soon as it saw our small dog ir went for it, took it in its mouth and we thought that this is it, it's gone as that small dog basically disappeared in the jaws of the big one and no way we could get it out without that other dog releasing him voluntary. But one of our guests was a police dog trainer and he reacted fast and grabbed that other dog by the top of the neck and by the balls and lifted him up by them. That made the dog forget the fight and spit the small dog out. Both dogs miraculously ended up without injuries, but that was the most insane way of splitting the dog fight that I have ever seen, but he had no choice as both dogs were so disproportionate in size that any second could have cost the life of the small dog.
@santaabolina7235 damn that's pretty effective, and definitely I would have not thought of that, although I am incapable of that with our dogs as one is a spayed female and the other two who are male are also neutered. I'm glad no one was hurt, I hope those drunks got fined and their dog rehomed, which yeah might be hard due to the aggressiveness described, but hey it's a process when dealing with troubled pups.
Chickens temps rise when broody. Lowering the temp will break the brood. Slip an ice pack into the nest. She'll give up.
My dad puts them in a bucket of cold water because when chickens are broody they also have a fever. If you cool them off they will stop sitting on the eggs and go back to eating and drinking. It might take a few cold water sessions but it works.
A Rhode Island of our pet backyard flock would get aggressively broody and wanted to lay her eggs on the strings of my dads grandpiano.
@@hudsonstraight8628 She heard that classical music is good for babies and came to the wrong conclusion 🐔
@@hudsonstraight8628oh that's weird. I've got a bantam that likes to lay on my metal detector. Haha
Baptizing the chickens in cold water. Got it!
I love Chirp. Bless her kind and loving heart ❤
I have 3 buff buff orpingtons and I one of them went super broody. I'm glad to know this tactic now because we need eggs not babies lol. Definitely gonna use this tip for my buff. Thanks for the tip! 👍
I have that same energy but aimed towards pizza.. You can't separate me bro
😄 Throw him in jail!
Lol. Me too
this is me with yugioh cards
the shop is unfortunately very far so when I'm at home I'm just fine I don't even think about it ... but anytime I out and I happen to walk past the street where the shop is at suddenly I get the urge to do a quick stop and buy a few packs before going about what I was doing... I swear that street is cursed everytime I get too close ot just drags me in towards the card shop ..
okay I was making that sound a bit extra for the funnies, I have some control since I don't like spending much and I'm responsible with money but still ... few packs can't hurt😅
@@CrimsonAkato brother came to confess
@@CrimsonAkato My house is full of empty golden tins.
My grandpa and dad preferred to keep buff Orpington chickens. They were superior to all other breeds. Kept laying thru the winter, best eating, best friendly chickens, and had best roosters for flock defense. Roosters would band together to protect their hens from any attacks by dogs or cats.
Dad agreed they were very broody, and adopted any chicks, theirs or not. Very maternal, but easy to be adopting all chicks.
Guess I need a few of these! I have 5 hens that go broody not just once but several times each year.
I’ve had 10 of these and they’re incredible
I like Delaware pulled hens in the place of roosters, she did great
I also have 1 orpington who went batshot and started feather pulling on her sisters, bullying and fighting, but I gave her a large, permanent cell and now she's better. She used to be very shy and timid
If I had a lot more space I would for sure let her hatch some babies, she would be a fantastic mother!
I've had broody buffs. Great mommas but can be too dedicated.
Fantastic birds. Great personalities.
So cute how she loves children and eggs so much, even if they’re not her own!! ❤ bless her. ☺️
Had a broody banty hen once. Bought her some peeps, took out the eggs, stuck in the peeps and she was as happy as a clam. She was an excellent mother.
Peeps? as in the candy? What flavor?
Aw so wholesome 😊
You replaced her eggs...with....marshmallows...?
@@3disasterpiece031 Probably a different hen’s eggs
@@Pauavi baby chick's I thought
"So, what are you in for?" "Trying to be a good mom." Lol
All chicken are well kept and well fed, enjoying healthy life. God bless you as well
we generally put the hen in a raised cage so that cool air flows under her and she can't warm up the ground, works great and is really fast.
Yep he could put the cage he used up on bricks or logs to achieve this. Mine will make a new nest on the ground using feathers and grass otherwise
we had to do this for our chicken cuddles, she just WOULD NOT stop laying on eggs and being broody. Now, a year later, she’s gone into the cycle again- but this time, she can actually have babies! She’s going to be the best mama.
So cute
I have a duck named cuddles! Her sisters name is puddles lol
What happens to the male chicks?
@@DeliMeatTree some places allow them to live as long as they don’t become aggressive, most of the time their killed and thrown out or eaten, sometimes sold
We have a duck named puddles, too! Puddles, Little Ma'am, and their impotent drake, Splash @@LeeannG
chirp is so sweet it's both hilarious and sad.
Its is bittersweet but luckily she bounced out of it after only 2 days in jail 👐
@@jacquesinthegarden life for chicken ex-cons are looking up it seems!
When he said, " She will be able to return as a functioning member of her flock" 😂😂😂😂
“I have to keep putting my chicken in jail” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your broody hen is a lot more polite than mine. She screeches and pecks at you and when you remove her she doesn't go back, but struts around very loudly complaining about not being allowed in the nest
My dad puts them in a bucket of cold water because when chickens are broody they also have a fever. If you cool them off they will stop sitting on the eggs and go back to eating and drinking. It might take a few cold water sessions but it works.
It works for me also.
@@unclefester6501 what, you stop sitting on eggs after being put in cold water? 😂
@@gkalenaki yes, freezing my butt off.
They have baby fever
My aunt recently gifted me a hen of hers, I’m not used to I’d say “farm like” animals so this helps a ton!! Thank you sm,
Gotta be careful separating and rejoining chickens. Often times the flock won’t accept the ostracized chicken back into the flock and will peck its feathers out and bully it. It helps to keep the “jail cell’ right next to the primary flock so everyone stays within sight of each other.
True they refuse their pecking order
Poor sweetheart. She just wants to hatch eggs. I am glad you are taking care of her.
I love petting broody chickens. They are so fluffy because they are puffed up. The noises are hilarious too 😂.
Especially since the Brood… er Buff Orpingtons are already such puff balls. It’s like an infinite ball of fluff. 😂
I have a chicken and she steals the eggs when they have got like 3 days left then thinks they are hers and I’m like no you can do that mate 😂😂
That employee that refuses to use their vacation/sick days so management has to force them to take time off. lol
Maybe she just needs to hatch her first clutch? Dunno if it's a thing tbh but any chickens that my uncle had that wouldn't break out of the broody cycle, they allowed the chicken to hatch a clutch and it wasn't a problem again (the few removals were enough after that). He is no longer around to ask but it makes me wonder if there's something to allowing chickens to hatch at least one clutch of eggs.
He's not ready to add to his flock yet. I saw this and the follow up video on tiktok yesterday.
@@Lunishta I assumed that was the case but mentioned it cuz the video reminded me of an experience I had while visiting my uncle's ranch as a teen. I figured I'd share it to give others ideas that worked for his chickens and see if anyone else knew if anyone else had any similar experience since I'm starting to learn more about raising egg chickens before driving into it myself... but thank you for the clarification! 😊
@@aletheiamcwain7922 ???
@@naynerboppers5254
Oh my gosh, that is so funny. My daughter (5yr old) and I were watching this this morning, I got distracted, I'm guessing she decided to leave a comment.
Probably satisfies their drive to successfully reproduce. Once they have chicks they dont need to try anymore. So letting them have 1 clutch and get it out of their system so to speak will end with a well rounded chicken. She can happily settle into being a crone so to speak since shes gone through the maiden and mother stage. Females of all species havebt finished developing physically and mentally reached their final form if you will until theyve gone through the mother stage. So just let your animals level up naturally and when theyre done you can then decide what you want or need from them. Its like taking a cake outta the oven mid bake and expecting it to be the same as a fully baked cooled iced etc cake.
We had a broody chicken who would peck at the other chickens as well when she got broody. So we built what we dubbed the “broody bitch box” 😂 it was slighting raised off the ground to allow a lot of airflow under her when she did try to brood to help cool her down and reduce the urge to repeat the behaviour. Then we’d let her back in. Had to do it a lot
My family needs one of those boxes.. for us. Lmao. The men and women
Like Chirp, I am in time out for a couple days. Happens to the best of us.😂
Incredible, yet so obvious, the moods and psychology of a chicken and how to create a new behaviour.
Respect 😊
That loop was crisp
Right? I was scrolling through the comments to find this one
Wasn't it!?!?
@@NinjaBearChocobo me too
I can't imagine being so impressed with such a simple thing.
@@fromulus It's not as easy as it seems!
I had a "Chirp" who just wouldn't stop being broody. I put her in a cage like yours with 1 egg to hatch. She had food and water in the cage. She hatched out a very cute white Silkie chick . I had gotten the egg from a friend who had roosters and hens. Broody hen was so good with that chick you would have thought it was made of gold and diamonds! Let your hen have an egg to make her life happy and natural.
I agree.
That was my thought also!
Yeah my chicken what was named božena did this shit all the time so we soaked her with water worked but about week after that she escaped from cage and was shot by hunter at least she tasted good
Did you not listen to the part where she neglects herself while brooding??
But you really have to keep watch of that hen every day, because they won't eat or drink as often and they could suffer from dehydration and malnutrition pretty quickly.
I had a hen like this, at first we just let her have her chicks, but then her health deteriorated so badly she was all skin and bones, so we had to put her "in jail", she recovered but when we released her again she wanted to brood right away.... So instead, I started handfeeding and giving water 4 times a day until her chicks were born, I was on vacation so I was able to do that, but it was really hard having to do that, so we decided to keep her separated from the other chickens, she had no eggs to hatch so she stopped getting broody so often.
Forgot to mention: I had to handfeed and give water often because it was summer. Summers here are pretty brutal sometimes, that year we had temps of 95°F and over, we once reached 106°F, so it was really hard for our chickens and specially our brooders (odd that 3 hens started brooding in the same week, that's also why it was hard for me 😅)
Love all those maternal instincts. I am so excited to have my own chicken flock in two years.
Did he just say "she doesn't EAT her DRINK!"!?
She's precious and I'm sure she's glad to have you as her owner so she doesn't hurt herself by following her instincts.
She is too good to live in chicken society so she was sent to jail . 👀
Haha my broodest chicken by far was my miniature Sebright. Lovely little thing she would try and hatch eggs in another hens nest while that hen was still trying to lay eggs
Buff Orpingtons are easily the nicest chickens. Ours are constantly tryna be shoulder birds or they stand on our feet. Its adorable.
Agreed, I've got six and they're lovely. Had a lavender orpington rooster who was an excellent gentleman guard bird, he lived a long time and was a total sweetie.
I used to care for chickens and taking the eggs away really makes them so sad. Out of a flock there's always I one that sits on the eggs. The others just lay them. They will actually starve to death sitting on those eggs. It's a self chosen job. The other chickens don't force her to sit on the eggs. He's got a really good idea.
Ours would step away from their eggs once in a while to drink, eat food and grass then leave a couple of massive stink bombs before they went back to their eggs
They do not starve themselves. They leave the best for a bit to drink and eat? I doubt they stand there and watch their chicken all day and night so they think because they don’t see them leave they are starving themselves
@@dianeespinoza8647 I agree, I've heard and read several places not to worry about a broody hen starving to death or dehydrating because they will eat and drink enough to survive. Mine would always get off their clutch of eggs at least once a day to eat and drink. I've literally never heard of a broody hen starving herself to death until today, and I've had chickens for 8 yrs.
@@dianeespinoza8647some people have cameras and even if they dont you can tell if a chicken has eaten or not her food and water would be gone. Scientists have also studied animals like this because of the "odd" deaths. Chickens have actually starved to death sitting on eggs that will never hatch. Its very sad.
@@insertwittyprofilenameherenot all of them will. Some do and its sad. We've had both happen. Been around and working with chickens for over 20 years on the family farms.
Play them music and audiobooks occasionally, they love them. Also, give them a shallow tray of fine sand and ashes for them to bathe in to get oil off their feathers and keep themselves cleaner
All of my chickens would stop what they were doing and just stare at me when I would sing to them. Like i put them under a spell. They loved it. When I would stop singing, they would go about their chicken duties.
@@ladywolfwolf animals are so precious, that's so cute
Not rap. My bees hate rap. Not into opera either. Try country
Goodness, it’s first time I hear chicken purr 😅😂😂😂 adorable!❤
The crazy sounds still startle me when I round a corner and am like "wtf was that?????"
I have heard people talk about dipping their bottom in cool water to break the broody. I also don't understand why some hens don't leave to eat or drink while others do while broody. I know they leave less frequently, but some will just not.
That's what my dad does. He puts them in a bucket of cold water because when chickens are broody they also have a fever. If you cool them off they will stop sitting on the eggs and go back to eating and drinking. It might take a few cold water sessions but it works.
If you ever want to hatch eggs you wont have any problems lol 😂
I love and care alot for chickens, they are my best friends and family member, i have pet too.Thank you so much taking care of chirp and other flocks and god bless you 🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕
Buff Orpingtons are very sweet- perfect if you don’t want demon chickens. Only problem? THEY GET MAJORLY BROODY
PERFECT loop on the video and very educational, too. You're so great, Jacques!!
Came here to say that! Awesome loop!!👍🏻
Used to have the same kind. Literally the sweetest friendliest chicken you could own.
Awww Chirp is so sweet and cute 🥹💕
He put the chicken on house arrest.
*Chirp's
"She is broody..."
> Open box
> AFRO CHICKEN
It's cute that you are new to chickens 💜 put her in broody jail with one to 6 fertile eggs. She will hatch the babies and take care of them . She will be all set for the rest of the year. This is important for her health. She needs to go through this natural process. For her health
Good for you for recognizing this.
You can feel how hot their under regions are also. So if we get broody chooks, we soak them in an esky of cold water for 20-30 mins in summer, we make sure eggs are collected immediately and leave them with the flock. But yes, separating is great too! I know of farmers who put them in a round type cage and hang them from a tree, to keep their under regions cool.
Yep, jailing them works ! My mom do that to our "crazy" ones
My hens would try to sit on anything egg shaped and would never stop. One even sat on a rock. Very funny and cute.
Chirp! It is kinda cute what she is doing. What a sweet hen!
This is good to know. It's like a re-education box, for the chicken to get back into self-care.
I never knew this about chickens before..
I dont know why I find it so intriguing but now I want chickens...😂
Poor mama! Just let her hatch one baby! She’s gorgeous!
Its not that
She focuses in the eggs of others so much it can affect her health!
most likely arent even fertilized eggs
Jacque: jail
Chirp: what, horny jail? This is an outrage!
Jacque: no, maternity jail. You can come out once your parental urges have gone down to absentee dad levels
We kept chickens when I was a child. I never knew this about chickens. Thank you. ❤😂
A bloody chicken will leave the nest occasionally to drink and eat before going back to nest. Just let her brood but give her food and water nearby.
That loop shook me to my core. So good wtf
Chirp:LET ME IN!!! *shaking the nesting box door*
Thanks for this info! I had a hen do this last year for first time in my life after many years having chickens, but clueless because I’ve never had any issues- ever! So this hen ended up on a massive pile of eggs and omg!! I could’ve lost her because she refused to leave and eat … Well she survived and actually hatched several eggs. Your video will help me do better moving forward.
We had chicken when I was a child. We would put cold packs under chicken like that (I believe there are even egg shaped cold packs that can go in the freezer). If I remember it correctly, it stopped it quite effectively, since it lowers the body temperature. Probably better than isolating the chicken.
I always loved watching the brooding hens walk around making their sound after I took them off their eggs 😂❤️
She is a very obsessed with hatching eggs, it is really cute.❤❤❤❤
"You're too motherly. Go to jail."😅
I've got a cat like this. I have several cats and on occasion we'll have a couple of litters of kittens at the same time. Little miss queen will not only try to nest down with the other mother but will insist on trying to be the ONLY mother. She'll steal the babies and nurse all of them. This usually isn't a problem as the mothers will usually take turns nursing the kittens, but I've never seen that behavior before.
That happend at my place, too. The Dominate mother cat took all the ohter kittens away from thei rmamas and nursed all of them. And then “Held Court” We housed her in a re-purposed crab pot, with woven mesh sides ,top and bottom, with hay and a blanket. and set it up above the ground with a ramp to the entrance.. We could watch the proceedings 24/7. The little mama cats would all wait respectfully around the ramp, waiting their turn to come in and feed and wash their babies..
Had 2 cats give birth only a day apart. They just lumped all the kittens together and co-parented the lot!
She was THE queen and wasn't about to let the others say different.
@@NidotheKing same :’) 2 cats that got pregnant at the same time and had their babies in close proximity to each other. they just kinda lumped all the babies together and we couldn’t tell whose was whose anymore. it wasn’t abnormal to see one mother nursing 8 kittens even though she’d only had a litter of 6 :p
I love how clean the loop is. Also, great job on you for showing those little feathered dorks a lot of love. Chickens can be hilarious.
She's so adorable and fluffy! I love her personality and the cute little noises she makes! They sound almost like chuffing!
Your content always keeps me coming back for more.
we live in a chicken society
We have a spicy pine cone right now, she has been given some eggs to hatch because we need a few replacements anyway and still cares for herself on the side
This is hilarious & I love the cute noises.
Sweet girl...many of us have wanted kids from time to time. It's not always a good idea lol
I so love that Chicken, so is a great one , good job buddy 👍👍👍👍
Nothing better than watching someone who enjoys and cares for his chickens Put a smile on my face for sure
Of my 12 chickens only my buff Orpington goes broody in early summer it's crazy. She's super persistent too.
“I will sit HERE on these EGGS until I DIE OF STARVATION and you CANNOT stop me!”
She’s so precious ❤❤❤❤❤
We had a broody hen last fall but our egg production had gone down. So we put duck eggs under her and she mother'd the heck out of those ducklings for 6+ months. She was such a good mama!
Aww! Let her hatch 🐣 a few!! It’s so awesome to watch them be a mama
I love her, she's a mood...
Jacques in the Big House in the Garden
When my hens go broody, I buy them fertile eggs to hatch and mother. Imo it’s much healthier for them