I just finished the last few pages of this thread as well. I have to do it after kids are in bed and I have free time...Last three nights sleep, 3 hrs, 5 hrs, and 4 1/2 hrs. Good thread! The sleep loss was completely worth it. I have a question for the OT----give us your BEST methods to break a broody chicken from her mood. I have a little banty, I end up putting her outside the coop/run all day and she runs around and around the run trying to get back in, but it does seem to take her broody mood away after a few days of this. Then 2-3 weeks or so I will start getting eggs again...then two weeks later, it starts again. I get that she is wired this way and will likely stay this way. We have no desire to keep roos around so we buy our hatching eggs or chicks, no breeding for us, as fun as it sounds. If you have any tricks for getting them back to egg laying sooner let us know! Thanks! Lisa in Utah
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