Broody Cochin
This angry looking hen is our one and only
Cochin breed.
She's been displaying all the classic signs of being broody.
The last couple of days she has insisted I leave the day's haul of eggs
with her for safe keeping.
We've been debating the possibility of buying a few fertilized eggs for
the next generation of birds, and our white Cochin could do most of the
work. It might be a skill that saves her from an early retirement.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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We have four bantum cochins who have all gone broody. They spend all day in their coop. Is there a right way to help them to stop being broody? We have been locking them out of the coop ( they have food and water in their run)but are not sure if this is the best thing to do. Thanks for any help that you can give us and our girls!