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    Tried everything/ can't break broody/ advice appreciated!

    Just an update...After 4 days in the air conditioned laundry room, with light on no more than 8 hours each day------SUCCESS!! After the third day we tried releasing her with the other girls at roosting time. She seemed fine while outside in the run but immediately went to the nest when...
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    Tried everything/ can't break broody/ advice appreciated!

    Great minds......We moved Blondie into the laundry room last night. Set up chicken jail on a card table and raised the wire box on blocks so she's getting AC from all directions. I hadn't previously thought about the effect of the long summer days. We'll keep her in the dark so her "days" will...
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    Tried everything/ can't break broody/ advice appreciated!

    Thanks for the message. Have tried all except for letting her hatch eggs. Roosters would be a major problem to re-home and we don't have room for more hens. Nice idea but I don't have the energy trying to sell pullets would take. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Tried everything/ can't break broody/ advice appreciated!

    I've read and tried everything I can find on how to break a broody (days and days of chicken jail 4 ft off the ground with ice packs all over floor forcing roosting on 2x4, along with cold water dunks). Nothing has had any effect. With last purchase of chicks sixteen months ago I got two Buff...
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