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  1. JackE

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    She's not loosing feathers, broodys will pluck out their own feathers, to make better contact with the eggs. Have you read this thread at all? Put the hen in a raised, wire bottom cage, with water and food, for four full days. Do NOT let her out, until those four days have passed. You can...
  2. JackE

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I have two BOs that go broody regularly. Just not yet this year. I WANT one of them to get there now. I'm going to set her up with some Jubilees. http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Jubilee-Orpington-Hatching-Eggs-/121623987920?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c515ac6d0
  3. JackE

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Are you going to be taking the hen out of the crate at night? If that's your plan, it won't work. Leave the hen in the broody buster for at least four full days. That's what I have found works best. You let them out early, they'll go right back to it(The broodiness). The B/B has have a wire...
  4. JackE

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    If you are asking if the BroodyBuster works, Yes it does. Three days or so in there, and the hen should be over it. If you let them get over it on their own, I have heard of hens going over a month before they went back to normal behaviour. How long was your hen broody? From my understanding...
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