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  1. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Yes broody hens will sit in empty boxes. You have to remove them from any way to nest. I have a seperate 12 X 14 dog pen that I call the broody jail. They go in with all the comforts except no way to nest. Some take a week, some a little lonmger but they always come around. It also helps...
  2. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I hear you on the stubborn.. Bluebell after a couple of days I let her out to free range with the others. She would run fly with the others and then she would hi tell it to the nesting box. I have to laugh, because she would give me the business when I took her out but she loved being held...
  3. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Are you sure she is not laying on another chickens egg? My Blue Silkie went broody, picked a bad time to do so. I could not confine her until weather cooperated and I had to move and re-tarp the dog pen. I have what I call Solitary Confinement. In the dog pen 10 X 12 with plenty of food and...
  4. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I just got done with my broody silver laced cochin. As with my others I separated from the flock and put in the wire dog pen. It is 12 X 10. They grew up in it this spring. She had food and water, lots of light and a heat lamp at night. When it turned bitter I put two of my other hens in...
  5. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I too have a broody Silkie also. She started 2 days ago. Just before her my silver laced cochin who started laying over a month ago went broody. I remove them from the coop entirely. I have a large dog pen underneath a shady tree with tarps for in case of rain, I put them both in there no...
  6. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    This is how I have been able to break mine. I take hen out of the coop during day and let free range. If you have another hen who is not laying, she would be good company. I place things in nesting boxes at night because my hens roost in an enclosed coop at night with plenty of ventilation. So...
  7. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I have seen many other posts in this thread that do this same practice and seems to work for them. I myself have not had yo use this. So far just having them around my younger chicks for a bit seemed to help. They are several months old and it is a supervised visit. I would say your neighbor...
  8. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    UPDATE. Okay last week my golden laced Cochin hen went broody. Although she didn't get all huffy and puffy she would not leave the nest. SO once again I took her out in the morns and had her free range while other girls were getting morning treats and able to lay in the nest. I already...
  9. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Sorry about the web thing. It worked fine when I clicked on from my email. My broody has visited the 2 month old chick pen each nite now since she has stopped being broody. I let her in for their treat time and they seem to get along. I stay in with them of course. Whether this helped or...
  10. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Below are the two websites I was directed to. I do think the ice pack helped. I think if I would have left it in there and she would have set longer as that was the only nest she was interested in, she would have thawed it out and cooled down. I did not realize hens got broody. When I purchase...
  11. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    OK, here we go ladies and gentlemen. I contacted the hatchery where I got my little darling that is broody and the rep gave me two really good websites to look at. One suggest giving eggs and another suggested putting an ice pack underneath to cool off the vent as that is what makes the chicken...
  12. CHICKENRANCH14

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I presently have a buff orpington that entered this phase as I was leaving for a week. Not a great time as my care takers had to do all the work first week. At night I put soccer balls in nests so she can't get in. During the day I have her out free ranging with one of my 3 yr old chickens who...
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