Breaking Broodiness!
At last, I have discovered a system to stop my broodies in their tracks!
My secret weapons are these:
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Exhibit A |
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Exhibit B
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My plan was to keep the offending hen away from the coop & nest boxes at all costs. Exhibit A is for daytime, Exhibit B for night time in the house. Their annoyance at being contained in such a manner ensures broodiness is quite quickly forgotten. Four days in the anti-broody pens seems to do the trick.
I'm very pleased not to have to suffer four weeks plus of a grumpy nest-hogger! :D
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Great ideas! I use rabbit cages and it works great also...got them at a rummage sale for 5 bucks a piece (can't turn that down!) wish they had more then two. I also use them for "hospital" cages when I need to. I have the little feeders to hook on the wire and they stay in there for three days. Works wonderful :D
ReplyDelete$5! Bargain! They have so many uses but work a treat on broody hens! :D
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