Broody hen won’t stop being broody! We are trying everything. What do we do now?!

[thronesandroses]

We have a broody hen. A couple days after she started being broody, a raccoon got into the coop before sundown and attacked her. Luckily, we have cameras and were able to stop the attack and take care of the raccoon.

We brought her indoors to our bathroom for a couple nights to treat her for the raccoon injury. She recovered fine but since she was attacked we figured that would stop the broodiness. Nope. Even after being attacked she is still broody.

Then we moved her to the isolation coop we have for a couple days as that’s usually what we do with broody hens and it works well. It didn’t work. She was still broody.

Finally, we created the set up attached. In a cage, off the ground, no real floor, with a fan pointed at her to cool her down. We’ve seen this tactic online for ending broodiness. As of this morning she’s still puffed up and making broody noises. I’m not sure what we can do at this point. Any feedback???

 

[Backyardhomestead921]

I had a hen who wouldn’t go um-broody , she even was broody for like 2 months… I feel your pain .
Do y’all Have a run?

 

[thronesandroses]

I had a hen who wouldn’t go um-broody , she even was broody for like 2 months… I feel your pain .
Do y’all Have a run?

Yes we do, we tried tossing her off the eggs into the run several times but it didn’t work so now are trying caging!

 

[Backyardhomestead921]

Okay. What worked for my chicken was leaving her in the run, not going in the coop overnight I had to do that for like 2 days . Also I have herd car drives help un-broody hens ( you might have to do it multiple times with air conditioner on).

 

[JacinLarkwell]

How long has she been in the wire set up?

 

[townchicks]

Some take longer than others. My broody has taken up to 2 weeks to break. Hang in there.

 

[neo71665]

Some take longer than others. My broody has taken up to 2 weeks to break. Hang in there.

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