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Broody or ?
crystalcreek:
Yes my lavs are crazy broody. I have one in a nest right now that wants to sit. Hope you find her! I recently lost an F1 pullet to a fox, a devastating loss for me since she laid a gorgeous blue egg, better color than the mother. Anyway, the pullet that was taken by the fox just disappeared like that one day. I did not find any feathers. It was not until later that I found a pile of feathers about 15\' outside my fenceline. I hope yours was not taken like that. Mine go broody in the nest boxes they are used to laying in. If yours was laying routinely in a nest box, it probably is unlikely that she would suddenly seek out a different spot to nest.
I put my labrador out with the birds now when I free range them. She is an excellent fox deterrent and does not bother the birds.
crystalcreek:
I also had a lav female who was a daughter of a split hen I hatched from eggs that Jean sent me from her 2010 splitxsplit pen. She was a very determined broody and successfully hatched a clutch of eggs for me.
I\'ve even had Paul\'s pure blacks go broody on me, so I don\'t imagine I\'ve diluted the broody tendencies by using those birds, either.
The only thing that doesn\'t go broody around here is my 2yr old hatchery production red. She is my daughter\'s pet and follows her around like a dog. When the labrador is out in the pasture, you will always find Red with the dog. I think the silly thing likes people and dogs better than her flockmates.
John:
--- Quote ---My lavender hen from Jean was perma-broody...though come to think of it, the two I had from John\'s line were not...
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I do think that those stains with Orpington blood added in resent years are going to be more broody. Mine are no more broody than the average black Ameraucana.
mustangsaguaro:
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I put my labrador out with the birds now when I free range them. She is an excellent fox deterrent and does not bother the birds.
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My dog does a good job w/ chasing the birds in the sky away while outside. If she see one in her so called air space she barks at them and they usually go away. She also barks at the large commercial airplanes that fly over her space to. This is a 13-14yr old dog. Think she\'s got pretty good eyes still.
Good news. I went out hunting in places I didn\'t look the other day and found her. She has a clutch of 17 eggs. She\'s in a pretty good spot behind a metal gate w/ some fairly high grass so just going to let her do her thing. I did kind of scare her so she did come out. From the looks of her she\'s lost a lot of weight. Doesn\'t look like she\'s eaten in a few days. She is eating now and hopefully will go back to the nest.
crystalcreek:
That\'s great news! But you jinxed me....I came home to not one but TWO broodies. Thanks !!! lol
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