Broody Hen... break her broodiness?

[Abbkayx]

Hi!

So I just had 3 broody hens, they together, hatched 3 babies (plus 4 I hatched in the incubator due to them stopping sitting on them at 15 days).

Two of those same hens are broody again, plus another. So 3 more broodys.

I currently have 30 chickens, and am just about at my limit. So my question is - do I break them from being broody? Or can I take their chicks away and sell them when they are born (or is that mean)? Two of them have been broody for about 4-5 days on eggs. The third went broody today.


Pics of my current broody girls, and their previous babies lol.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Hens prone to going broody will do so multiple times a year, and will often do it yearly for a few years. Continuing to hatch makes sense if you can sell the offspring or plan to butcher.

I am constantly breaking broodies this time of year. I can't possibly let them all hatch. I let a few do it yearly, the rest get broke asap.