Breaking a broody goose

[rosetheriveter]

I have two female 1-year-old white Chinese geese. One of them went broody over a month ago, to the point that she found rocks to sit on since I took her eggs. After finding and removing rocks for several days I decided to try giving her 4 fertile chicken eggs. Well, she has two left after 27 days, so I'm pretty certain they are no good anymore, but I don't know how to break her of her broody-ness. Any suggestions? She is eating and drinking, but I'm concerned if she sits too much longer she will waste away. Thanks!

 

[ChickonLand]

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I have two female 1-year-old white Chinese geese. One of them went broody over a month ago, to the point that she found rocks to sit on since I took her eggs. After finding and removing rocks for several days I decided to try giving her 4 fertile chicken eggs. Well, she has two left after 27 days, so I'm pretty certain they are no good anymore, but I don't know how to break her of her broody-ness. Any suggestions? She is eating and drinking, but I'm concerned if she sits too much longer she will waste away. Thanks![/QUOT

I've never broken a goose but I have done two hens. What works for my hens was locking them in a dog crate with food, water, and a roosting bar. At night I put the crate in our garage and put the crate outside in the shade during the day. It took one hen two days and the other almost four days. You just have to keep them locked up where they can't nest or see their sisters eggs. I highly recommend this method because it works for my hens!

Before I tried this, we tried dunking the hens in our pool a few times... this didn't work. People always say you should first try putting them out of their coop. If that doesn't work then you dunk them in water. If that still doesn't work then try the crate. It made me sad to lock up my hens for so long but they broke pretty quickly and as long as they're in the shade with food, they should be fine. Good luck!