When in "jail" make sure your hens are not to comfortable. If they lay like on a nest, they may not break out of broodiness soon.
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Yay!This morning, I let my broody hen out of jail for a short period b/c of the mess I had to clean (can't wait for the smelly part to be over). She hung with the flock for about 1.5 hours then right back to the lay box. Removed her immediately and back to confinement.
Last night we have a cold front come through. We had been in the mid 80s. Last night got down to about 54 and the "cold" stayed around today. The high was about 64 with a NNE wind at about 8 mph. So the coop stayed in the low 60s.
Today, I let broody out to forage around 2pm with the flock. Rooster rounded her up and she stayed with the flock all afternoon. Around 7pm they all started over to the run as is their evening routine. I sat out with them and broody was the first to go into the coop, mumbling all the way in. I thought "ugh" and went to see where she was and, much to my delight, she had gone to roost!
I think that makes up about 96 hours in total. I am thankful she went to roost and am praying that tomorrow brings a chicken who is no longer broody!
So far so good.My broody is still hanging with the flock. Hope you are experiencing the same with Tassels.
Good news. Seems like both our ladies have come to their senses!Today we had cold (for us), wet weather (low 50s). Rooster Cogburn kept the flock near the run and a lot of the girls spent time in the coop to get out of the rain. Kept my finger crossed that broody wouldn't go into a lay box and hide out.
Thankfully, she didn't. I am thinking her cycle has been broken. I hope she goes the rest of the year without going broody again.