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OOliver_Douglas reacted to RoyalChick's post in the thread It's been over 3 weeks and our hen is still EXTREMELY broody with
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Good indicators are that she is standing rather than sitting in the cage and her voice becomes more normal and she is less fluffed up... -
OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.Update: Day 3 and I think we're through it. This AM, I checked food and water, and she seemed a tiny bit upset with me getting near the...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.
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OI get it. But to me it's kinder to get them over their broodiness than let them sit, knowing they won't get to hatch anything, and have...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.You are correct--2 days now and zero change--I'm a softie I guess, and don't like keeping her in there...
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OSince you started her on the breaker cage late, don't be surprised if it takes a little longer than average to break her. Some hens are...
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OBroodies crack me up sometimes! Give it time, she'll eventually snap out of it.
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.Start of Day 2: Broody Bluebell still broody. Changed out her water in the cage while she watched, disapprovingly, puffed-up to near the...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.Update 2: The ceramic eggs worked, getting others to lay in other boxes, but before I knew it, Broody Bluebell sat on one of them, and...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.Update: Thanks for the info. And yes, I tried removing her for a couple days. No luck, so broody jail it is, poor thing.
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OSome of them are like that: they'll stay broody much of the summer. I have some others that will phase in and out of broody for a couple...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.Update: 1) got a small cage, 2) also got some ceramic eggs, to lure her into one of the other available boxes--worked IMMEDIATELY :) as...
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OOliver_Douglas replied to the thread Extended broodiness?.OK, Thank you. I'd seen/read about those, but hoping it would resolve. I will give this a try.
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OIt's not that she's "extended" her broodiness, you haven't broken her yet. Best way to break a broody is utilizing a breaker cage...
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OHowdy All: I have a 2-year old Australorp. Healthy, raised from a chick. She's been a good layer, but recently started going broody, and...