Broody Question
I've got a 8 1/2 month old buff orpington pullet. Miss. Honey, as she is very fondly called by my children and me, has always been at the bottom of the pecking order. As a chick, she would only get...
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Is she too young to be broody? No she isnt to young.Has anyone ever seen a low-in pecking order bird "isolate" herself in a nest box for self preservation? well they might most peck on will seek a...
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This is from my own personal experience and far from being expert information. I don't think she is too young to go broody. Our banty cochin did about the same age. Being the little one she was low in...
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Good answers.....Emmy I'm as emotional as you are....and I sure don't know how to handle this delima...the Testosterone way or the Estrogen way...both have drawbacks. The best suggestion is to house...
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Thanks guys. I'm an emotional Wimp too... My hubby does not want a chicken in the house, not even Miss. Honey. So having a house chicken is pretty much out of the question here.I can't imagine her...
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She doesn't sound broody to me. Whenever I take a broody hen of her nest she gets very anxious even if every treat in the world is right in front of her. All her instinct is telling her to get back to...
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Well, I had Miss. Honey out again this evening. I gave her a little bowl of chicken feed and she just stood there chowing down on it. I felt like I was out with a dog on a leash, standing there in the...
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Oh that story pulls at my heart strings.....to be that scared of the world....she is soooo luckey to have a Mom that understands. And where I live you would look perfectly normal....I have been known...
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well Mamapeeps I had a very timid hen, Mopmop - she was from a dumped area (another one, Carol my deaf friend caught for me). This Mopmop was a loner. She first slept in a hedge on her own then a tree...
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Thanks. She's still hanging in the nest box. I take her out for a walk three times a day. Give her food, water and some tlc! She has taken a few pecks though. Her comb got a bit roughed up the other...
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ummmm...*is she constantly making a "buk buk buk buk..." sound when she's off the nest? *are her feathers always fluffed up --on/off the nest.? *does she "growl" or make any noises when you come to...
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She never growls, but does the buk, buk, buk sound a lot!She fluffs herself up big, especially when other birds are near her. She's still in the nest box, so I think it's more broody than fear. A...
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