break a broody

  1. K

    Broody goose sitting on unfertilized eggs

    Hi, So I am taking a break from chicken egg hatching right now, but I have a female goose who is being broody and sitting on unfertilized eggs. Whenever people come near the fence, she will hiss and peck at the fence. What should I do? (I do not have any pictures right now; I will upload them...
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    • Forum: Geese
  2. B

    I have a stubbornly broody leghorn

    My leghorn is slowly driving me round the bend. She is broody and I cannot seem to break it. She has now pulled all the feathers out under her. We don't own a cockerell and there are no eggs under her. She is moved out of the nesting box and locked away from it regularly. She has been given...
  3. andreamunroe

    Breaking a broody in freezing weather?

    One of my Buff Orpingtons has gone broody, again (she went broody in the fall too). I have a seedling heater mat in the nest box to prevent frozen eggs- which is obviously not helping cool her down haha. I’ve been reading about the wire-bottom cage method- but it goes down to -15 or -20’C here...
  4. L

    Broody no rooster can’t get her eggs

    my hen is broody and is aggressive, i cannot have any more chickens and as such cannot get her eggs or chicks (i really want to thought) how do i break her broodiness, and if anyone knows how to break a broody quail... that would also be helpful!
  5. CanadaEh

    Broodiness affect on other chickens

    Can blocking nest for the night (by hanging empty feed bag over the entrance) for 2 nights in a row to break one broody hen can cause stress in other chickens - enough to drop egg production from 6-7 to 3-4 out of 7 hens? Alternatively, can one hen's broodiness by itself cause slowing in egg...
  6. How to break a Broody!

    How to break a Broody!

    Hi Guys! This article is all about breaking the stubbornest of broodies. Take1; Belle went clucky for the first time, was only about 8 months old, we moved ger to a day pen but locked her in the same coop at night. She soon got bored and gave up. Take2; Same as take one but took a bit longer...
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