Thanks, Mo but I am fast running out of patience and believe me if I thought they would not starve themselves to death I would let them get on with it...……….
I do like the eggs and when they do lay they lay really well, just not that often. One saving grace for them is I did not have chickens just for the eggs, I wonder if they know just how lucky they are.
Thinking about it if chickens have only so many eggs in them the broody ones should be laying till they are about 8 or 10 I reckon and that once again is the silver lining in all this..................yes?