hehehe..yes they're a bit like that huh??? Certainly like to keep us on our toes!

Hi again. Well Munter has made a miraculous recovery!!! She had me almost reading her the last rites the wee monkey, but she passed a soft, broken egg this afternoon and was busy clucking around making a nest in the cage! So sweet So she is back out with the girls like nothing ever happened!! Thanky...

Thankyou all Yes Manda, I'm certainly toughing it with these girls! Munter has problems with accessing calcium, she is the only one that produces soft eggs. I will try what has been suggested. Unfortuantely Im out of town for 2 days with work (typical!). I will keep you updated. Dom Oh by the way Ma...

Im pretty sure that Munter the ex batt has egg yolk peritonitis. When I went up to the house this evening to say goodnight, she was standing outside quite puffed up and "dripping" from her vent. I brought her down to the human house and have her in a big cage in the lounge. I have given he...

hehe, well with a face like that dave, im sure all is forgiven! Take the slap on the hand and NEVER do it again!

Oh ok thanks Bluebell, I dont think I have seen any posts from Joanne?
New Zealand is certainly a popular destination for you Brits. It is a gorgeous wee country, and we are having the best summer in years!

Thanx stace, well in theory that would make sense. But I thought that once they started actually sitting full time they had stopped laying and moved onto stage 2? With all of my other clucky hens this seems to have been the case. She had been sitting for 2 days (on no eggs!), then I removed her from...

I havent been on DTL for a wee while, but so nice to see another "kiwi". I think that makes 3 of us now? Aint it nice to talk heatwave when those elsewhere are dealing with snow! Although, it wont be long until we are bundled up in a dreary New Zealand winter...so best enjoy this weather w...

I have a hen who is in her third day of being clucky, so she is feisty, puffed up and sitting insessantly! But this morning she layed an egg??!! Has anyone heard of this happening? I had her in solitary confinement as this is her 3rd time broody in as many months! When I checked back with her this a...

I put my broody hen into her separate run with no bedding to "break" the broodiness, and it worked after the magic number of 4 days!!! I felt very mean, but she is just too young still to be a responsible mother. She did get her chance with her first broody spell 3 months ago, she only man...

thanks Manda. I might give that a go if I get no change with the seperate house thing. Everytime I go up there to check how things are going she is pacing up and down the cage, desperate! Poor wee girl, but you're right...she is a madam!!
How is the new mother and babies by the way?

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Plankton that is so funny! She looks totally confused by the floating chicken head! I think you might have to get a bigger mirror!!

My young 11 month old RIR (Rhody) is at it again! She turned brrody for the first time about 3 months ago, so I popped a couple of fertile eggs under her. Only one hatched and she proved herself to be a less than average mother, and pretty much allowed Honey the bantam to take over the parenting! Ho...

Hi Nicola I recently let my 6 5week olds out on their own because their silly mummy decided that she was over the parenting thing!! They had been reared outside however and it is Summer here in New Zealand, so a little bit warmer for them to be out. I dont know what the usual situation for incubator...