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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:42 pm 
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After having not recieved an egg for 2 days for the first time since I bought Molly, my little isa brown hen I decided today that I was not going to let any of the chooks out today until she had layed. I suspect that she had made a new nest somewhere in the back yard.

She normally lays around 9 or 10am so I went to check on them at 11 and there she was, pacing at the gate. When Molly saw me she started clucking franticly and throwing her self at the wire, after a minute or so of this she stopped, eyes wide then turned and raced for the chook house. I guess she couldn't hold on any longer.
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Why would she suddenly start laying else where? I have had her for about 6 weeks now and she has never layed any where else before.

I did she her scouting out the dogs house yesterday... 52.gif hmm, maybe I need to go and dig through her blankets.


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Martha, Magda, Molly wrote:
Why would she suddenly start laying else where? I have had her for about 6 weeks now and she has never layed any where else before.

I did she her scouting out the dogs house yesterday... 52.gif hmm, maybe I need to go and dig through her blankets.


Hi MMM

Did you change their routine in any way? If she got let out once before she laid her egg and then needed to lay while out and the dog bed was comfy then hey!, she may have found a new special spot :lol:

Let us know if you find any eggs in the dog house!

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thinkerg.gif Hmm, do Isa Browns go broody at all? Maybe Molly wants to start a clutch and sit on them?

Chooks aren't really silly, in fact contrary to popular belief, they are highly intelligent creatures.

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Well, i didnt find an egg anywhere so she either stashed it else where or didnt lay at all which i doubt. she did try bolting again this morning but gave in sooner.

when i went in to the chook house to clean it she followed so i thought i would re-arrange the nest a bit. She watched closely and as soon as i stepped back she hopped in, inspected it and clucked at me a few times before going into the egg-trance. :shock: i think i am officially a rooster to her which my husband thinks is funny. sidesplit.gif
I didnt think that isa browns did usually go clucky but she might be. chicken4.gif

(sorry for the lack of capitalisation, i am typing one-handed with a sleeping baby on my lap)

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isa browns can go broody, but they don't do so very often. that being said if the girl has gone broody, she is more likely to go broody again next season.

i don't think that she sounds broody, but sounds like when she was pottering around she found the PERFECT spot to lay in her chookie eyes, and she wants to get to there.

maybe you could put soem fake eggs or golf balls in where you want her to lay to encourage her to lay there chicken4.gif


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