Broody hen on roosting pole?

[crissy1079]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I’m going to have to buy or make another cage. She is a full size tall Brahma so she needs a tall cage so she can stand. She is still doing the same thing. She sits on the bottom roost and when I come in the coop she puffs her feathers and growls at me. At night I put her on the top roost. I constantly take her off and out during the day. I dunk her about 3 times daily. And nothing is working. And she has lost weight. I can feel she is not as heavy. My other Brahma is in my dog crate sitting on fertile eggs. So I’m going to need to find another crate or cage for this one. I’m worried about her, and she is my most friendly hen.

 

[crissy1079]

Here she is, and she is not roosting like normal. She is more spread out as if she is in a laying position. I made a video to show her puff and growl but I could not upload it. So I took a screen shot of her puffed from the video.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yep, get another cage and stop dunking, clearly it isn't doing anything positive.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I’m going to have to buy or make another cage. She is a full size tall Brahma so she needs a tall cage so she can stand. She is still doing the same thing. She sits on the bottom roost and when I come in the coop she puffs her feathers and growls at me. At night I put her on the top roost. I constantly take her off and out during the day. I dunk her about 3 times daily. And nothing is working. And she has lost weight. I can feel she is not as heavy. My other Brahma is in my dog crate sitting on fertile eggs. So I’m going to need to find another crate or cage for this one. I’m worried about her, and she is my most friendly hen.

Just built this yesterday for a broody jail (just need to hinge the roof).

 

[bruceha2000]

Don't even need to hinge the roof if it will be in a secure location. She won't be able to get that lid off. The other chickens will happily "decorate" it for you.

 

[crissy1079]

Yep, get another cage and stop dunking, clearly it isn't doing anything positive.

The only reason I continued dunking was it sometimes takes days with multiply dunks to work. It took my silkie 3 days with multiple dunks. And it did break her from being broody. And so far she has not went broody again.

 

[crissy1079]

Just built this yesterday for a broody jail (just need to hinge the roof).
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Very nice box. Gives me an idea of how to build one.

 

[bruceha2000]

I'm sorry but having had a hen thaw 2 re-freezable ice packs in series suggests to me that you can't cool a hen down enough in a cold water bath to break her. Each one took her about an hour.

 

[crissy1079]

I think it depends on the hen. I’ve heard lots of people saying cooling them down worked and also a lot have said it does not. It worked on my silkie but not on my Brahma.