Broodiness Cycle

[CB3fish]

Okay, I will not be in a rush but how does one know, the weaning is over??

 

[aart]

Okay, I will not be in a rush but how does one know, the weaning is over??

...weaning can happen anywhere between 3 weeks to 4 months after hatch.

 

[Lavender Wraps]

I have a hen that is CONSTANTLY going broody. I usually give her the 3 days in broody jail to break her. Well, for the first time I decided to let nature do it's thing and her broodiness break on it's own... My question is, how long does that generally take?
T.I.A.

I have 2 layers that are constantly going broody. Now I have 2 Banties staying in their nest as well. We do not need more chicks. The Banties are easier to break off their brooding but the Partridge Rock hens just won't give up. Time to move them on to someone that needs brooders, lol! The Banties stay, great little pets! Here my handsome Bantam rooster.

 

[Col1948]

I've just gone through yet another broody session with two together.
I had them both in the cage and today I let them out after 3 days, I must admit it is a bit of a chore every time one starts to go broody.
At first you do the necessary and put them in the cage to break them but when they keep doing it you do get a bit fed up with it, I know some will say that's part of keeping chickens, it's not like you can give them a magic pill and they stop, instead you have to go through this every time.

 

[Sandra Verbreyt]

I tried that but mine found a spot to just sit and brood till I opened the coop then she went straight in the nest.
That's why I ended up buying a dog crate.

yes I think the dog crate is the only answer. She is more work than a child but we love her lol

 

[Elfer]

Kind of like the mentality I develop when I see everyone's newly hatched fluffy butts with their mama hens! "Oh, isn't that the CUTEST thing ever? I want to do that with my Cluckers!" Knowing full well we have no rooster and I'd have to get one AND my husband would probably snap doesn't phase me in the way it should

When I became roosterless and had a broody chicken, I drove around to a house where I had noticed chickens in the yard before. "Hi, there. Got a rooster? Got some eggs for sale?" She gathered some, so for $3, I got a doz. eggs to hatch. Whereas, I paid, I think around $20 for 14 local fertile Welsummer eggs. And between various critters and mishaps, I ended up with only 2 Wellie hens. Then one of them died. The remaining lays a small egg that is not dark, as you would expect a Wellie egg to be. But she's sweet and beautiful. But, just saying, drive around and look for a rooster in a yard.

 

[Sandra Verbreyt]

Ruby is remaining broody its now been 8 weeks. We have renamed her 'Comfy Cushion' as when she is brooding she looks like a big white cushion. I keep her out of the coop during the day and she wanders around the garden eating and drinking and socialising with Margo and the two rabbits. however, if I dare to open up the coop she is in there like a shot doing her 'Comfy Cushion' act . How long can a chicken be broody for? Is Ruby behaving normally ? How long do I have to wait for this to break? She is happy and healthy but broody .

 

[BreanneRN]

Perhaps it would be best to just rehome her if you don't want chicks? Or you could give her eggs to hatch that would be high dollar to resell, like peacocks or something? A broody hen is the best incubator ever, and you could even hire out her services to others for a fee... Few of my hens from supposed broody breeds seem to be very broody, but I finally had a EE hen and a splash cochin hen go broody this year, which is nice, because I like babies. Perhaps raising a brood would help her stop going broody so often...

 

[BreanneRN]

Hi. I have a BA that goes thru phases. I have a couple others right now that are trying to be broody. I collect eggs often, and once I get them, I put the girls on the ground. They aren't happy, they have their fits and its comical. But they don't stay broody.
I also read some time ago about putting ice cubes underneath them as a possible way to break the broodiness..

Well, I know that would ruin my mood and I would for sure be cured!

 

[BreanneRN]

When I became roosterless and had a broody chicken, I drove around to a house where I had noticed chickens in the yard before. "Hi, there. Got a rooster? Got some eggs for sale?" She gathered some, so for $3, I got a doz. eggs to hatch. Whereas, I paid, I think around $20 for 14 local fertile Welsummer eggs. And between various critters and mishaps, I ended up with only 2 Wellie hens. Then one of them died. The remaining lays a small egg that is not dark, as you would expect a Wellie egg to be. But she's sweet and beautiful. But, just saying, drive around and look for a rooster in a yard.

Or listen for a rooster in a yard... You may hear before you see...