Breaking a broody hen is in your girl’s best interest unless you are wanting to hatch chicks. Last year Hazel was broody for more than 35 days. We should have intervened sooner and taken steps to break her. It takes…
I wrote a blog post a few weeks ago about Broody Hens and now we have one! Many chicken owners won’t experience a Broody Hen so I thought a video blog would be a good idea. I did a series…
Broody is defined by Merriam-Webster as being in a state of readiness to brood eggs that is characterize by cessation of laying and by marked changes in behavior and physiology. When a hen goes broody, her body and hormones are…