tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542715593318774385.post8639288536276110400..comments2023-11-05T15:13:01.221-08:00Comments on Cabin In The Woods: Chicken QuestionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10214322750183022876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542715593318774385.post-40039829621958043142011-04-13T15:29:22.874-07:002011-04-13T15:29:22.874-07:00She will get over it. It usually takes about a cou...She will get over it. It usually takes about a couple of weeks. Craig keeps removing from the nest but I don't bother. If you are a commercial farmer counting food cost/egg production then you deal with it but as a backyard keeper its really no biggie. REMEMBER....chickens, like humans, are born with a set number of eggs in the ova. She will lay them, like humans mostly in their prime years. Bantams tend to go broody more than any other breed.Tanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542715593318774385.post-26120095489666709102011-04-13T13:18:39.319-07:002011-04-13T13:18:39.319-07:00Nekkid Chicken,
The nesting boxes can't be mov...Nekkid Chicken,<br />The nesting boxes can't be moved, attached to the coop. We do remove any eggs that she lays but she hasn't laid in about 3 days. This is her first year of laying, I think she is one year old this month.<br />DianeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10214322750183022876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542715593318774385.post-9566049222056307852011-04-13T13:08:06.309-07:002011-04-13T13:08:06.309-07:00move the nest box to another area
keep taking her...move the nest box to another area<br /><br />keep taking her eggs<br /><br />Is she in the second year?? My hard-core mothers started this behavior in their second year.Nekkid Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749417208223478262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542715593318774385.post-828880433105407302011-04-13T04:07:50.343-07:002011-04-13T04:07:50.343-07:00Mean-o-pause?Mean-o-pause?Kelly Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533283214320938904noreply@blogger.com