Beyond The Fringe Farm Critters Thread - Chickens, goats, pigs, cows, etc

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Anyone have advice on how to treat a broody hen?  She's upsetting the whole flock.  Lays on every egg, won't move out of the nesting box.  This is three weeks now.  My wife throws her out of the coop early so the rest can have a chance to lay in peace.

Speaking of backyard chickens:

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The broody hen will not stop until she has her own nest with some eggs to set on. Removing her from the coop is a good idea. Maybe putting her in a separate cage will change her mind. Without the sight of eggs to trigger her instincts, she will stop. Until she rejoins the flock. 

Oh, so seeing eggs is a trigger?  Makes sense.  I think we'll try this before she ends up ..........."in a stew."  Thanks @SlowLoris.

I was just going to say... This is the second time you have queried on this. If having a broody hen is this much of a problem for you (your wife), the a stew pot is the best solution.

[SlowLoris]

The broody hen will not stop until she has her own nest with some eggs to set on. Removing her from the coop is a good idea. Maybe putting her in a separate cage will change her mind. Without the sight of eggs to trigger her instincts, she will stop. Until she rejoins the flock. 

Oh, so seeing eggs is a trigger?  Makes sense.  I think we'll try this before she ends up ..........."in a stew."  Thanks @SlowLoris.

I was just going to say... This is the second time you have queried on this. If having a broody hen is this much of a problem for you (your wife), the a stew pot is the best solution.

One more thought, try adding more nests. Ms Broody can't be in all the nests at the same time. Collect the eggs twice a day to make sure that she doesn't sit on an egg long enough to begin the hatching process.

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  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...crop.htmlI always liked the young farmers but they were more interested in their drink than they were me.   Also I fitted between two generations, the young farmers were a few years younger, and their dads were married and a lot older than I was. 
  

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A few words from Katie on Mother's Day in the UK. 



My thoughts are with a mother and grandmother that have taken the daughter to a healthcare unit for 28 days, a young neighbour. She is such a sweet girl just 21 years old who has suffered since age 12 after being raped. Born in the sign of Cancer, so sensitive, so fragile, like George Michael and Lady Diana. Due to the pharma they've been giving her she has been suicidal and there was a recent court case with the police. She didn't know what she was doing or where she was due to the drugs that the medical profession had given her. My heart goes out to her too. Before they took her I gifted her a CD to show her that there is light at the end of the tunnel. 

I hope that she holds that thought and that our Lord will help her through the 28 days until she returns home again. She's not the type to like being confined, nobody likes to be locked in. Bless her heart. 

[SlowLoris]

The pig belongs to my daughter, the pony belongs to the neighbor.

When Miss Piggy was confined in a pen with her piglets, the pony would put her butt on the adjoining fence and scratch it. I could tell that it was done to annoy Miss Piggy.

After the piglets were sold, Miss Piggy was turned out to roam a one acre area. She dug a hole and pushed her way through the fence. I think she was trying to get over to visit the neighbor's male pig. But the pony wouldn't let her go there.

Miss Piggy bit the pony's legs and the pony kicked Miss Piggy. They obviously don't like each other.

It was very difficult to get Miss Piggy to give up the fight and come back through the hole in the fence. Finally her love of food won out and she pushed her way under the fence.

We put her in with our male pig to see if that was her problem. Now we will have more pigs.