Broody duck

[THescovieguy]

I need help,immediately.i have a broody muscovy but i dont want her to brood because all of her eggs are infertile i dont want to buy hatching eggs or ducklings to put under her,anyone expert on how undoing a broodiness of a scovie please answer quickly,she is broody for a bout 1 and a half month

 

[Amiga]

She will likely come out of it before too much longer. Six weeks is over 40 days. My broodies sit on duds, and I let them. I just do a sniff test to be sure they won't explode under them.

How is her body condition? Has she lost weight? That is a concern, but I deal with that by making sure mine get extra treats.

@Miss Lydia
and
@Scovy Momma

may be able to answer you more completely.

 

[THescovieguy]

She will likely come out of it before too much longer. Six weeks is over 40 days. My broodies sit on duds, and I let them. I just do a sniff test to be sure they won't explode under them.

How is her body condition? Has she lost weight? That is a concern, but I deal with that by making sure mine get extra treats.

@Miss Lydia
and
@Scovy Momma

may be able to answer you more completely.

all of her eggs exploded and it diidnt end very well but she still want to brood

 

[quackingdom]

There are several ways to break up a broody.
You could just let it sit until it gives up, but some will never give up.
Some people remove all the eggs and bedding. Mine will sit whether there are eggs or not.

I personally just lock her out of the nest and put her with the flock again. She usually starts squeaking at them, stays for a few minutes, and then runs to the pen again. She walks round and round the pen many times before giving up. We have two pens, and only one is fit for broody girls or mothers, so for the night she sleeps in the other pen. (They are free-range for the day.) Eventually she forgets about the whole broody business and goes back to laying. Of course, she might go broody again within a few months, but the sooner you break her up, the easier it will be on her.