OS Singlies - We Do It Our Way!

greenbee

LB - you need an anti-broody coop. We used to use ones with slatted floors, and basically kept them locked up until they came to their senses...

More useful info here... http://hencam.com/faq/the-broody-hen/

calicocat

Lol......bluebelle is 'henzilla'...!!

LavenderBees

Yep, having tried the MSE way of cooling her with free water, I know that caging her is the only way to try to break the cycle.

I'm just back from checking them, and she was straight back in the nest box as soon as I opened the pop-hole. Ah well, it was worth trying, and she is, at least, the cleanest, most fluffy chicken in the village :rotfl:

I'll check out the pet cages tomorrow, and probably balance it on the bench in the hen run, so she is still part of the flock, but can't continue as she has the last few days, and getting worse This evening, she wasn't happy about the others coming into roost, and they aren't even in the nest box. Henzilla indeed :eek:

It's such a shame to have to do this, but needs must. I need my happy chicken back so the others can be happy again, too.

Thanks for the article, Greenbee, it was interesting, and has confirmed the way forward.

Guess which baby-cat has now come to life and is romping round the kitchen and living room . That was a racing cert wasn't it?

LB xx

ETA will put on bricks or wee plant pots to allow the air to circulate - have just found this http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/how-to-make-a-broody-coop-for-your-chickens-and-bantams-in-under-an-hour-289/ - sounds much cheaper, but unsure if I'll easily find the mesh sheets tomorrow. The pet cage will be more stable and quicker, but more expensive.

MummyBobble

Blue sky and sunshine this morning .

Got a busy day though. DS has a Junior League football presentation this morning, followed by footy club presentations later, and it's the local carnival this afternoon as well. His footy team manager has suggested parents stay in the local pub to celebrate a great season (won the league and a cup final :T), while the boys go to the carnival. Sounds like a good idea to me :beer:. Better go and feed DS, we have to be out in an hour!

Good luck with Henzilla LB

LavenderBees

Sounds like a lovely day in prospect, Mummybobble. Enjoy! :j

I've been sitting in the hen run enjoying the sunshine, and the unexpected peace and quiet, waiting for Coco to lay me my brekkie

I had to turf Henzilla off the nest to allow Coco on, but Henzilla seems so much more normal this morning - foraging for treats, NOT attacking the others, NOT making the broody clucking noise, and NOT making straight back to the nest box. When I left, she was happily perched outside, preening her lovely clean fluffy butt :rotfl:

Hmmm....unsure if I've cracked it, as she shouldn't have been on the nest box if she wasn't still broody, so have decided to keep my plans in place to get a dog cage, and pop her in it. Hopefully, she won't need to be in there long, if she is on her way out of her hormonal surge.

But, have done a load of reading on the subject, and it seems once a broody always a broody so she is very likely to go this way again. And who is to say the others won't?

So, the pet cage seems a good investment. It's also somewhere to pop a poorly chicken (or a new one come to that...oops, NO I WILL NOT GET ANYMORE!)

:rotfl:

I do not need any more pets...I do not need....

:rotfl:

Have fun in the sun today while it lasts. I just live for days like this...need to find a way to bottle it and keep it on my desk at work.

Well, a bacon and freshly laid egg sarnie awaits :T. Gotta go!

LB xx

calicocat

I had 3 eggs and soldiers in bed for brekkie......then fell asleep again!...didn't wake up until 11.30. Must have been all the hen bathing excitement.

Oh dear...my poor friends.

I went down to pet shop to get cat food and found my friend in there returning a load of dog food and treats, husband in car in tears. All doggie things are now in loft or suitcases. They ended up coming to mine and sharing chicken pie, he can't stop talking about him bless him or just sits in silence. Tomorrow is going to be the worst when she is out at work and he is sat in house on his own.

There's nothing you can say though is there...it's pants, and nothing anyone says makes it go away. We just sat there listening to him re-tell dog stories etc...bless.

Therefore haven't got much done today, but it can wait, nothing will spoil.


Just sitting down now to a movie, then will get a bath and not be late into bed I think.

Camping shop tomorrow...unless friend who's going too changes the date...again, she is most unreliable, but has her own problems.



I can smell barbies on the go again, I love that smell.

BookWorm

I don't have any stories to share (funny or otherwise) I'm afraid but wanted to stop in and say hi anyways. Hope you have all enjoyed the first day of June

BW

Byatt

Hiya BW, no stories here either. I'm in a bit of a lull, so have kept busy just pottering and sorting through stuff in the house. It seems to be an ongoing thing for me, the more that goes out seems to come back in again! Not sure how. I need another hobby besides trawling recycling centres and FB selling! :eek:

calicocat

Well. Today Jeremy...........i have built a hammock. It was meant to be a two man build but easily managed it myself, in fact I don't know why it would take two.

This whole building malarki is becoming a habit.

Of course it's about to rain now...but I have it for next days off if they are sunny or even just nice, I need to encourage myself to lardyarze outside more to get some vitamin D.

Mate didn't make it to festival shopping as suspected, I got a double sleeping bag (due to liking lots of room and would feel trapped in a single)....which in a way was free (??) as I ordered the wrong hammock which was half the price of the one I was originally going to get.....so kind of MSE by default.

Last day off today, got docs this afternoon, and going to potter and maybe hoover.......it's always...'maybe' hoover I have noticed...lol.


Have a good day folks.


Edit.....the Indie is saying we are in for two weeks of rain...so may not get to use hammock any day soon after all.......then again, what do they know. This also means festival will be a mud bath and now wondering whether to go as car could get stuck in field!!....i only have a noddy car (micra).

grousescot

BookWorm wrote: »

p.s - Grousescot - if you are reading - how are things?

Hi Bookworm, yes, I'm still reading but not posted for a while. I guess you could say I was 'M' in that there hasn't been a lot of action going on here! My eye is healing up better than the surgeon had expected so I should be thankful for that. Doesn't mean I don't still have a good moan most days about one thing or another .
I don't know where my evening has gone. I got home a little after 6, dinner was microwaved "freezer surprise" so no effort required there, dealt with a backlog of washing up and made up lunches for the next week or so. Doesn't sound like much for nearly 4 hours.

Oh I did a load of laundry too but that doesn't really count for much as it's just filling and emptying the machine and hanging stuff up to dry.