Broody no rooster can’t get her eggs

[LuckyMotherhen]

my hen is broody and is aggressive, i cannot have any more chickens and as such cannot get her eggs or chicks (i really want to thought) how do i break her broodiness, and if anyone knows how to break a broody quail... that would also be helpful!

 

[Naser]

Put her in this broody cage for 3 to 5 days
Forget about making her stands in water or wetting her, that may make her ill but it will not break her broodiness

 

[aart]

and if anyone knows how to break a broody quail

I know nothing much about quail,
best post in the quail forum about that,
but here is how I break my broody chickens:

If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her broodiness promptly.

My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

Chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor after pic was taken.

 

[LuckyMotherhen]

I know nothing much about quail,
best post in the quail forum about that,
but here is how I break my broody chickens:

If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her broodiness promptly.

My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

Chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor after pic was taken.
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Shes been set for a bit longer than a week, would it still work? The quail is coturnix which are not meant to go broody and have been bred out of it EXEPT for a few shes been broody before hand hatched two chicks. AND I DONT HAVE A CRATE would a plastic bottemed cat carrier work?!

 

[aart]

Shes been set for a bit longer than a week, would it still work? ...AND I DONT HAVE A CRATE would a plastic bottemed cat carrier work?!

It would work, might take a bit longer.
No, bottom needs to be wire as the idea is to cool off her belly.

Small wire crates are a great chickeneer tool,
can find them cheap at flea markets/yard sales.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...rates-a-good-tool-for-every-chickeneer.72619/