clucky chooks

[Farm boy]

I have a problem with one of my hens:confused:
harley (a 5 year old hen) had just started laying for the season 1 egg a day for 2 weeks now the old girl has gone clucky and is sitting on a batch of straw and not laying any more.
i read somewere you put the chook in a wire cage on bricks and let the air circulate underneath them to get them back on the lay
my question is how long do i keep harley in the wire cage for 1 week or 2 can some one help please,after you have picked your self up off the floor from laughing:D
cheers
greg

[Ashore]

Greg chicken dinner

they are not pets they are chooks
Cut your losses ie its neck :D


Rgds Russell

[Farm boy]

I cant russell they all have different personalities and my daughter would never forgive me:D

[Sturdee]

I have a problem with one of my hens:confused:
harley (a 5 year old hen) had just started laying for the season 1 egg a day for 2 weeks now the old girl has gone clucky and is sitting on a batch of straw and not laying any more.
i read somewere you put the chook in a wire cage on bricks and let the air circulate underneath them to get them back on the lay
my question is how long do i keep harley in the wire cage for 1 week or 2 can some one help please,after you have picked your self up off the floor from laughing:D
cheers
greg

Rather than putting the chook in a wire cage dunk it in a bucket of water everytime it goes to nest. Takes about a week that way. :D

Or buy some fertilised eggs and let her hatch them so that in a year the new pullets can replace her, for after 6 years they don't lay enough to justify their keep.


Peter.

[Farm boy]

gertrude is 15 years old(my daughters favorite chook) and still lays a couple of eggs a year but she is a bit blind as she attacks your shadow when you walk in the cage:D
quiet funny

[bennylaird]

So much fun to be had when they do sit. The chicks hatch out at different times and our hen started to kill any newly hatched chicks after the first 4. Pecked their eyes out. Not sure how you get them to all hatch together seeing as she laid one egg a day?

And after they hatch you end up with a few roosters which are useless and have to be despatched. Also the dogs who never touch the mature chooks thought the young ones were fair game.

Nowadays no more rooster and just collect the eggs, not sure how many years they lay for but I guess they do clean up the garden.