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  • Broody poops before the eggs?

    Last autumn I got new pullets including two cream legbars.

    They've settled well (but they are particularly stupid birds ) however, they are the last to come into lay.
    I have been keeping a close eye on them as they seem a bit subdued, spending far too much time in the coop and today they have both come out and done huge broody poops! (crikey...that smell is unmistakeable! )

    Can they really go broody before ever laying an egg?
    http://goneplotterin.blogspot.co.uk/

  • #2
    Marans do....

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    • #3
      wow!

      This breed is gonna be a whole heap of fun right through summer!

      Best I go and dust off the broody coop
      http://goneplotterin.blogspot.co.uk/

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      • #4
        I've never had legbars but my Marans were rubbish, lovely birds, eggs a fantastic colour but they sit all through season sadly my last one died just befor the Winter. Good for sitting though if you've eggs to hatch.

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        • #5
          ..and my 2 Marans have had 2 broody days between them in 3 years!

          So- you just never know!!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            Really Nicos? how many eggs do you get from them?

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            • #7
              They tend to lay about 5 eggs a week from March- Sept ...and then stop for the winter.
              Last year was their 3rd year and each one probably laid about 2, maybe 3 eggs per week from May- Sept

              Normally the locals sell on gals at the end of their 2nd year of laying in November as meat birds for the pot.
              €12 per bird...the same as a young meat male cockerel.
              Nothing goes to waste here!!
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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