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It has never ever happened with all the many broody hens we've had here, nor have I ever heard of it happening to anyone else's. I'd be interested to read those posts. I do know that each hen seems to have her own degree of broodiness, her own provision of mothering instincts. A lot of...

Quote: I have to disagree with that. I think you can trust a broody hen to take care of her own needs as well as those of her eggs. She will time her own breaks according to the outside temperature. On warmer days she knows she can stay out longer, on colder days she may barely budge. She...

If you don't want her to brood, put her in a wire-bottomed cage set up on saw horses or something so she gets cool air up under her. Give her food & water in there for 3 or more days. Watch her when you let her out, if she continues to act broody, put her back for a few more days. I have a...