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  1. critterkeeper25

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    We have a Buff Orpington hen that has been going broody about once a month since early spring. A couple days in broody jail usually takes care of that. Sometimes she snaps out of it just by continuously taking her out of the next box and putting her out with the others when they are...
  2. critterkeeper25

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    One of our BO hens went broody also. It was during the winter still when it was only in the 20's at night. We jimmy-rigged our have-a-heart trap and used it as broody jail. We put her in that in the run during the day (up on blocks) but we let her loose to go in to the coop at night. We were...
  3. critterkeeper25

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    We just had a BO that went broody too. I read here to build a broody jail. Well, it took a week for me to figure out that I could just put her in our large have-a-heart trap. I used an old wire shelf that went to an old gardening wagon we had and cable tied it on the top and used plastic clamps...
  4. critterkeeper25

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    I had a hen that was laying broken eggs and developed and infection. She was listless, would stand by herself while the others were out foraging for bugs. She would stand all scrunched up. We ended up giving her penicillin and she managed to pull through. You said that she is laying leathery...
  5. critterkeeper25

    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Well, I sure am glad that I decided to check out what broody behavior looks like! I have a Buff Orpington that has been acting "weird" off and on for the past week. When I go to gather the eggs in late morning, she is the only hen that is still sitting in the nest boxes. When I try to reach...
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