Mash has gone completely broody.  It seems she grabbed her opportunity whilst I was away, and has been broody for at least a week before I came home, dad was turfing her off the nest and collecting the eggs when he came round, but he obviously didn’t know what else to do.  She hasn’t laid for well over a week now either.

I managed to get her off the nestbox quite early on yesterday after the other two had laid, and shut the Eglu door so she couldn’t get back in.  She was not happy, puffed herself up and stalked around a bit, she did then go and have a potter round the garden and ate and drank.  I’ve dunked her in cold water a few times and ended up as wet as she was, she really wasn’t happy after that!

I don’t know whether to try some sort of broody cage, I don’t know if I’ve even got anything suitable to use.  Or to carry on putting her in cold water and turfing her off the nest box when I can. Or to just leave her to it, is it 3 weeks they can be broody for?  So much for the theory that Black Rocks don’t go broody, Mash obviously didn’t read that bit of the job description.

Any advice on what I should do gratefully received.