Broody Girls

[Bawkmeow]

I have two 1 year old silkie and one 1 year old bantam Cochin. So far this spring until now I have had Pixie (silkie) go broody twice Russett (Cochin) go broody twice. And Poppy (silkie) broody once. I used the wire cage method to break them and it worked fine but I have two 25 week old silkies and one 26 week old bantam Cochin that of course are not laying age yet. I am afraid that once they are all laying age it is going to be just a crazy rotation of broody girls. Let me know your experience with multiple hens that love to be broody. Pic for attention. TIA

 

[sourland]

You're doomed to continual broodiness. Those girls will all be repeat performers/offenders. It's in their DNA.

 

[Birdie mom]

I heard that light effects egg laying behavior, maybe try decreasing the amount of light they get per day (I have no idea how you would do that tho...)