The day after Cloud came back into lay Red went broody. This means we are back to only having two girls laying that being Gold and Cloud at the moment. I have had to supplement our eggs this week with some shop bought eggs, sigh!
Red had laid ten eggs in sixteen days. She is determined this time. After the laying girls have laid I close the nest boxes and Red will sit on top of a nest box.
I saw Mango have a scratch around in a nest box today so I think she is very close to coming back into lay.
I am surprised that Mango hasn’t started back laying again as she usually follows close behind cloud. She has now had a month’s break since she last laid.
It will be good to have new girls to get some extra eggs as we are not getting quite enough at the moment. The new girls should start laying around October and should lay through the winter which would be great.
I have researched the new girls and while dutch bantam do go broody they are apparently really good eggs layers for a bantam. Even better Sebrights are not a broody breed at all. It would be so good to have one non broody girl in the flock.
Meanwhile, come on Mango, time to start laying again. Maybe tomorrow.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
They are like yoyos, in and out of broodiness. I have 2 in broody jail atm, one of them for the second time this year – but at least I have some less broody breeds.
They so are like yoyos. I don’t remember it ever being quite this bad. Always good to know that I am not alone.