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Banty Hen brooding
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Posted by treyle OK (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 07 at 0:02
| Please help! I have 14 hens and a rooster. Each one has a name. Love them. Raised each one from a tiny chick and saved the rooster from certain death. Over a month ago, my 2 Banty hens decided to sit on a clutch of eggs and they are refusing to leave them, even though the eggs have been removed. I went out there today, and was astonished at how these little girls looked, very pale combs, losing feathers. I don't know what to do. I have spent two days taking them off the empty nests and they run right back. We have a large, fenced yard for all of them and the best of food and treats. I have had bantys do this before, but not to this extent. I am very worried about them. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks |
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RE: Banty Hen brooding
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| You'll probably have better luck in the Farm Life forum, or poultry if there's a forum. For what it's worth, I'd toss them outside in a safe place, bright sunshine, and not let them back in until this phase breaks. I've had two hens die because they were so determined to set. |
RE: Banty Hen brooding
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Put them in a wire cage, under a tree. Something like a milk crate, or anything with a wire bottom. Raise it off the ground a few inches so that the bottom is uncomfortable. Make sure they have ample fod and water, wild birds may eat it all-) Takes about three days in jail!
If this isn't possible for you, then follow the last suggestion, lock them up away from the nest, may take a little longer.
We had a goose sitting on a nest outside in the back yard, one year when we had a small flood. She floated off, swam back, floated off. We took the eggs but it didn't make any difference..floated off the nest, swam back, floated off. |
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