My first attempt to stop Tallulah from sitting on eggs in hopes they hatch. A hen will gather eggs for 6 days and keep them for 21 days under her soft fluffy chest and hatch them. She is a cross between a RIR and leghorn. I want to stop because I collect the eggs every afternoon and we don't have a rooster so the eggs will never hatch! And they don't lay eggs during this process.
I placed deli containers filled with ice in the spots where she is sitting and put tasty treats in the run: blueberries, sunflower kernels and shovels full of dirt from the yard that contained bugs and worms. I had to pick her up and place her on the ground. She stayed out long enough to eat some food and drink some water then she went right back in. I placed her out a couple more times last night. First attempt I would call a fail, but worth doing to see her drink and eat.
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