I am currently working with a broody that seems to be hard to break. I put her in a cage inside the run during the day so she wouldn't feel so isolated. Every night I moved her to the roosting box with the other pullets and early in the morning she was put back in the cage. We are running temps in the 90s here so after several days of not being able to break her, she was moved into a cage that I have in a room with AC, maybe this will break her. So don't move your broody in the nesting box for the night because you will put her back to the beginning and the time you gained by having her in the cage is wasted.Thanks for repling Will it work if she is in a cage for the day then in her nest in a night ?
I am a newbie with chickens (2 and a half years) but my experience with broodies so far is that we have to take them case by case. They are different and they don't break the same, what works for one might not work for another. Oh broodies, you got to love them!!!