Broody Hen No Available Chicks/Eggs For Her

[aart]

We did that, didn't work.

Again I will ask.....

exactly how did you employ this technique?

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

That is not going to break a broody.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Have you tried breaking this hen before, or another one? The reason I'm asking is EVERY hen is different. Some break easily, others don't.

If you want her broody so she can raise chicks for you, I would put her in a isolated pen in sight of the flock with her own feed and water very close so she keeps her weight up until you can get eggs or chicks for her.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Have you tried breaking this hen before, or another one? The reason I'm asking is EVERY hen is different. Some break easily, others don't.

If you want her broody so she can raise chicks for you, I would put her in a isolated pen in sight of the flock with her own feed and water very close so she keeps her weight up until you can get eggs or chicks for her.

This hen hasn't been broody before. She and the two other Wyandottes only started laying a month or two ago.
Our Silkie mix, Mouse, was broody in march and got to raise chicks twice within 2 months. We were able to get chicks at the time but we're not getting chicks for a while. I'm getting hatching eggs for my incubator project. I might give her a few eggs from the 18 but I'm still not sure yet. I don't really like that our Wyandotte is broody right now.

 

[Redhead Rae]

This hen hasn't been broody before. She and the two other Wyandottes only started laying a month or two ago.
Our Silkie mix, Mouse, was broody in march and got to raise chicks twice within 2 months. We were able to get chicks at the time but we're not getting chicks for a while. I'm getting hatching eggs for my incubator project. I might give her a few eggs from the 18 but I'm still not sure yet. I don't really like that our Wyandotte is broody right now.

Silkies are NOTORIOUSLY hard to break. Wyandottes, not as much. I would try breaking her.

I wouldn't worry about a young bird going broody. My best mama hatched her first batch of eggs when she was 8 months old. She didn't wean them until they were 15-16 weeks old. She is now 1.5 and raising 7 more chicks for me.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Silkies are NOTORIOUSLY hard to break. Wyandottes, not as much. I would try breaking her.

I wouldn't worry about a young bird going broody. My best mama hatched her first batch of eggs when she was 8 months old. She didn't wean them until they were 15-16 weeks old. She is now 1.5 and raising 7 more chicks for me.

And now Mouse is broody again. Not really good since we don't have that many nesting boxes right now and we're currently working on another coop but the heat is affecting the progress.
I've already tried to break the Wyandotte but nothing is working. I just keeping ending up with marks from being pecked at. I'm not doing anything to her. I just keep trying to give her food and water but she keeps attacking me.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I plan on getting some chicks for our Silkie mix who has gone broody. I'm still going to try and break our Wyandotte our of broodiness.