Broody Hen / pullet Help!

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I have an almost 10 month old pullet (standered brahma) she laid for about a 4 days about a months ago and hasn't layed since what should I do?? Plus I know there good mothers even though she's not laying can I still try and make here broody?
 
More important than trying to make her broody (which, btw, there are no truly reliable ways to do so) would be to look for the cause of her disruption in production. Had she just started laying when she laid for those four days or had she been laying and only laid four days into the month then stopped? Was there a change in her behavior, appetite, waste, appearance, etc at the time that she stopped laying? Were there any changes in your flock at that time?
 
I'm sorry it's not possible to make a hen broody. It's mainly a hormonal thing. Are you sure she hasn't laid any eggs somewhere else, where you can't find them? Pullets sometimes do lay a few eggs and stop and can be erractic about starting up again. You can check out the "Chicken behaviors and egg laying ," thread
 
drumstick diva said:
I'm sorry it's not possible to make a hen broody.  It's mainly a hormonal thing.  Are you sure she  hasn't laid any eggs somewhere else, where you can't find them?  Pullets  sometimes do lay a few eggs and stop and can be erractic about starting up again.   You can check out   the  "Chicken behaviors and egg laying ," thread
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She's a real home girl and it's so snowy out she won't leave! I don't really know.
 
Ol Grey Mare said:
More important than trying to make her broody (which, btw, there are no truly reliable ways to do so) would be to look for the cause of her disruption in production.  Had she just started laying when she laid for those four days or had she been laying and only laid four days into the month then stopped?   Was there a change in her behavior, appetite, waste, appearance, etc at the time that she stopped laying?  Were there any changes in your flock at that time? 
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Nope she laid for the first time for about four days in a row then stopped I knew that would probably happen but for two months! She doesn't do anything really different.
 

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