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    Give me your best advice on discouraging broodiness!

    Thanks, kittymomma. Just what I needed!
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    Give me your best advice on discouraging broodiness!

    My 1year old Brahma chicken is broody and we are trying to break her of it. We have closed up the coop during the day. How long will we need to keep this up?
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    Arucana, Americauna, EE

    Quote: Funny...shorty bus hen. We just got 2 ameraucanas and a gold sex link which we'll be integrating with a Brahma, gold lace wyandotte and another gold sex link. It'll be interesting to see if they too will be short bus riders.
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    Sick chicken or Broody? Please help!!

    OK, I take back my silly question about providing a golf ball. Just read up on broodiness and will do my best to discourage it! Thanks!
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    Sick chicken or Broody? Please help!!

    Thanks. I feel a bit better. And she is still alive this am. We did take the egg she was sitting on; should we provide her a golf ball?
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    Sick chicken or Broody? Please help!!

    My one year old Brahma chicken is acting strangely. She laid an egg today but doesn't want to leave the nest box. I felt her abdomen and it doesn't seem as if she had and egg stuck, either. When I touch her she ruffles her feathers and makes a sound like a horse neighing, if you can imagine...
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