Hello and welcome to The Compost Bin. I'm Compostwoman and I live with my family in rural Herefordshire. We have nearly four acres of garden and woodland, all managed organically and to Permaculture principles, which we share with Chickens, Cats and assorted wildlife. We also grow a lot of our own food, run courses in all sorts of things and make a lot of compost!

I am a Master Composter and have spent more than a decade as a volunteer Community Compost adviser with Garden Organic and my local Council.
I'm a self employed Environmental Educator so I run workshops and events where I talk about compost, veg growing, chicken keeping, cooking, preserving and sustainable living. I also run crafts workshops and Forest School/outdoor play sessions in our wood.

We try to live a more self sufficient lifestyle here, as best we can, while still having a comfortable life and lots of fun.


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Thursday 25 July 2013

Broody hen


Nutmeg the Ginger Hen, the oldest hen, the nearly-stopped-laying-cos-I'm-much-too-old hen, the kind, gentle matriarch of the Ginger Gang, the even tempered and generally delightful hen...

has Gone Broody. Now a Broody Hen turns into the Hen from Hell, pecking and growling and fluffing and generally behaving in a very slightly bonkers way.

A sort of " take me on if you think you are hard enough" gleam comes into their eyes and they have a tendency to peck at you and draw blood.

I am hoicking her out of the nest box several times a day to make her eat , drink and poo.




I have never had a commercial Ginger gybrid hen go broody before. We shall see if it sticks; if it does I might get her some fertile eggs to sit on :-)

At her age! honestly!


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6 comments:

  1. Lana30 July 2013 at 00:24

    Do it, do it!! Chicks are so fun. We actually just had a hen hatch some yesterday!

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    1. Compostwoman30 July 2013 at 00:30

      Done it many times Lana ;-) just not convinced she will stick at it yet so not risking it until I am sure

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    2. Lana30 July 2013 at 01:22

      I figured you had, just adding some encouragement in there so I get to see some more precious baby chick pics alongside my own. :)

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  2. Jo@awholeplotoflove30 July 2013 at 08:28

    Aaahhh what a lovely looking hen she is too.

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  3. tpals1 August 2013 at 13:49

    They can be daft birds at times, can't they?

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