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I have a more pleasant (for the hen) method of breaking broodies, if the crate is too stressful for you. I have a partition of my run that I use for various needs - introducing/reintroducing chickens, isolating injured chickens, etc. It's just chicken wire stretched across the run, with a gate...

It’s not. Pull the bandaid and break her. She’ll get over the crate and will be much better off in the end! As for grafting chicks before the broody’s due date - totally possible, but it depends on the broody. She has to be really committed (which can be hard to judge, especially with a first...

You are right to suspect all that sitting may have killed your Orpington (or at least contributed to it significantly). Sitting for months is dangerous. They don't get enough food, water or exercise while sitting, it's very taxing on their health, and some of them can sit indefinitely if you let...