All night and most of the day in nest box

[KimbosKluckers]

Some hens have been known to stay on a nest without fertile eggs until they die that's why many people break them or give them fertile eggs.

Our olive egger takes 6 days to break and after nearly six months of it we gave her eggs to hatch from a local lady

Oh wow. That’s sad. I do not want her to kill herself. We cannot let her hatch any (no rooster, no more room) I may have to break her if it keeps up. Ugh. Thanks so much.

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Oh wow. That’s sad. I do not want her to kill herself. We cannot let her hatch any (no rooster, no more room) I may have to break her if it keeps up. Ugh. Thanks so much.

If you need other ideas, this site is full of them with just wording search words differently. Good luck.

 

[BDutch]

Wondering if she's being bullied off the roosts..

Possibly
See what happens if you put her on the roost when the others start to roost

 

[aart]

Just the past 2 nights and 3 days. There’s 15’ of roosts, she always use to be up there. 6 hens.

We cannot let her hatch any (no rooster, no more room) I may have to break her if it keeps up.

I'd break her pronto, usually easier if you catch them early.
Here's how I manage it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-breaking-ala-aart.77915/

 

[KimbosKluckers]

I'd break her pronto, usually easier if you catch them early.
Here's how I manage it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-breaking-ala-aart.77915/

Thanks for sharing that. I’ll need to get a crate I guess, another expense So she’d have to stay in there all day until evening? Seems horrible but I guess it works-now I wonder what about this breaks them.

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Possibly
See what happens if you put her on the roost when the others start to roost

But during the day when no one is in there she’s still in the nest?
Oh do I remove fake eggs?

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Also…what if I try moving her all the time, pecking her out of there, spray her etc. Has anyone tried other methods than a crate?

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

First broody I tried moving and she was persistent. Having learned the hard way, catching them early is best and at times only takes a day or two in crate if lucky.

Also, the crate is done day and night. The isolation and elevation help cool their bellies so they aren't warming themselves to essentially warm eggs. I've read where you can give them a bath to cool them down(just their bellies) but haven't tried it.

 

[KimbosKluckers]

First broody I tried moving and she was persistent. Having learned the hard way, catching them early is best and at times only takes a day or two in crate if lucky.

Also, the crate is done day and night. The isolation and elevation help cool their bellies so they aren't warming themselves to essentially warm eggs. I've read where you can give them a bath to cool them down(just their bellies) but haven't tried it.

Thank you. I just took her egg and all the fake ones and moved her out to the yard. I don’t have a crate yet, so I will move her anytime I see her in there until I do. I will give her a couple hours in the morning in case she needs to lay. Right now she is still out (has option to go in) eating

 

[rosemarythyme]

Also…what if I try moving her all the time, pecking her out of there, spray her etc. Has anyone tried other methods than a crate?

Doesn't that harassment sound worse than simply crating her?

You crate 24/7 if possible (some folks have the crate/pen in a run that's not predator safe, so for safety the hen gets moved back onto the roost in that case), and straight through the first 48 hours before testing to see if she goes back. If she returns to the nest then it's another 24 hours before testing again.

If she has one last egg (or two) in her tract, she can lay it on the floor of the cage, it shouldn't cause any issues like not wanting to use nest boxes after.