Broody Hen No Available Chicks/Eggs For Her

[KikiDeAnime]

One of our Blue Laced Red Wyandottes has gone broody but we don't have eggs for her to hatch or chicks to raise. Breaking a hen out of broodiness has never ever worked for us at all.
Our last broody was given chicks to raise as we weren't able to break her.

What should I do?


I'm currently working on an incubator project and won't have the hatching eggs for a while so I can't give her any right now.

This is what the weather is going to be like for the next 2 weeks:

 

[Ridgerunner]

How have you tried to break broodies before? If we knew what you have tried we may be able to offer something different.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

How have you tried to break broodies before? If we knew what you have tried we may be able to offer something different.

It's in the post: "Breaking a hen out of broodiness has never ever worked for us at all.
Our last broody was given chicks to raise as we weren't able to break her."

We tried everything that was suggested when searching here on breaking broodies.

 

[LilJoe]

I put my broodies in a predator proof pen with a roost. Keep them in there day and night for about a week. Let them out and if they're still broody put them back in.
Usually works in less than a week. Longest I've had a hen in the broody pen was for about 2 weeks.
This works better for me than the wire cage strategy.

 

[aart]

We tried everything that was suggested when searching here on breaking broodies.

Raised wire cage has always worked for me.
Did you try this, and exactly how did you employ this technique?
Details are important.

 

[aart]

 

[KikiDeAnime]

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We did that, didn't work.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Could you order fertile eggs from eBay? Order Chicks from a hatchery?

 

[Chikkin4life]

This might sound brutal, but grab her legs and hang her upside down for about a minute

 

[HuffleClaw]

The last part of this article has some great suggestions on how to break her (I know you said it’s impossisble but it won’t hurt to try) https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/01/so-youve-got-broody-hen.html?m=1

This might sound brutal, but grab her legs and hang her upside down for about a minute

It might work but I wouldn’t try it... I know it may not actually be brutal but I’m sure the hen wouldn’t like it.