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Well seeing as how there are no posts, thought I would give it a go and start one. Forgive me if it is boring, never done this before!

My girls and boy are all starting to get broody, bit of a pain as cannot fit many more into the space available!
My light sussex (Big Momma) successfully hactched 2 aracauna X hamburg chicks last week, now my little hen in the pic has also gone broody. She waited until I went away and sat, by the time I got back 1 egg had developed so too late to stop so might have a chick in two weeks, having to keep it secret from the OH though! watch this space!

Sounds fun at your place! My girls and boys are just getting on with life, sunbathing at the moment in this gorgeous weather! Tis great! :)

Hi Rosie

I know what you mean, I have 8 hens all brooding at the moment, garden looks a right mess with runs everywhere! They are all doing really well considering the heat, bless them, amazing mums! I also have 2 hens sitting, fingers crossed and 2 lots in incubators!! Life's busy!!

and Joe, your lots seem to have it right, sunbathing

Just had to sell a lovely silkie 'hen' who gave the game away by crowing!

Oh no, what a shame!

My run is awash with feathers at the moment as 2 of the hens are moulting. They haven't stopped laying so that's good. My young silver Brahma is getting over a respiratory infection and has been on Baytril for a week, she's looking a lot better but needs to put on some weight. My gold Brahma, Savannah is thinking about going broody again for the 4th time and she's only 11 months old! Not had to sin bin her this time, she copes better with being locked out of the coop after everyone's laid. Her language is appalling

Well I've still got broodys everywhere I look.  When you think all is calming down I find another one starts them all off again. 
I've just had one chick 4 days late that a mum didn't want as she was looking after the other chicks, egg was cold but hatching, so my poor girl in the sinbin was pulled out and has kindly adopted it. Was she surpised but happy of cause it had to be a boy but its strong and healthy so a happy ending

Well Savannah has finally made it into the sin bin (again ), and is not impressed! Had enough of her screaming at the other hens and stopping them from laying, think I'll be leaving her in there until Monday at least. My White Star, Angel is having her first proper moult, and the poor thing looks like a plucked chicken, completely bald underneath. Her temperament has changed from very sweet to bad tempered and having a go at everyone. Not sure if there's anything I can give her to help other than poultry spice .

aww bless angel! and yeah i think poultry spice is a good thing for a chook who is a little under the weather, moulting, etc. I sure she will go bac to her normal self soon. my lot always have

this is probably a daft question....but several times you have mentioned the sin bin. i was just wondering what this meant?? As soon as you say it'll probably be clearly apparent and ill feel like a plank but ahwell haha.

I'm sure you will know what it means. A wire cage to put a broody hen in to stop her being broody. Not that it works all the time, but 9/10 times it will work fairly quickly, although Savannah seems happy to sit on the wire in the dog cage she's in, so may have to leave her in there for an extra couple of days to be sure.
Angel is looking a bit happier today, and not dropping quite as many feathers. I'll add some poultry spice and cod liver oil to their food, they were all on Flubenvet last week and didn't want to put anything else in there lol.

Savannah is broody yet again...she's driving me nuts! Typically I'm using the 'sin bin' for something else this week (hidey hole for new birds), so having to keep chasing her from the nest box.