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When will broody start laying again?

 
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Elly



Joined: 18 Apr 2008
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Location: Norfolk
PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:34 pm    Post subject: When will broody start laying again? Reply with quote
The title says it all really Very Happy I have a broody who has hatched 5 chicks and we are now in the process of seperating them off from her as we wont be keeping them all). I'm just wondering how long after hatching the chicks it usually takes for the broody to start laying again?

Before she became broody she was laying every day. She is a light sussex and just coming up to a year old.

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Elly
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Kitsune



Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 1312
Location: Manchester
PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it depends - if she is looking after the chicks then it won't be for a while, if you take them off her I think they start laying again as soon as they get over the idea that they have no babies anymore. That could vary depending on the hen.
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