Broody not breaking, day four

[Australorpfamily]

Goldie, our olive egger is attempting to brood.

We have moved her original broody jail to on top of the rooster(who is in our only dog crate- I'm not chasing him again in less than two weeks to take him to auction (he's too big for me to snatch from roost bars easily, I tried before he was jailed)

Anywho, today is day four. Unless I go buy a brand new cage which I really don't have extra to do so at this time, she is in what we have available. She's elevated and has nice air flow. Last year when she tried, I had her in a similar set up and in two days she was broken.

My question, how much longer?

Yes, she gets food and water--which is actually behind her.


Eta: she wasn't cooing or making noises at me this morning so I let her out, she roamed a bit and by the time I got back to check on her she was huddled in a nest... I had hoped

 

[The Ranch Girl]

Um well, unfortunately in my case I’ve got STUBBORN chickens so she might hold out longer then you think. It’s hard to guess an exact time that she’ll break because you never know.

 

[Australorpfamily]

Um well, unfortunately in my case I’ve got STUBBORN chickens so she might hold out longer then you think. It’s hard to guess an exact time that she’ll break because you never know.

Uuugggg lol thanks. At least I know I'm not alone with a stubborn one! Lol now if our little buff brahmas were laying eggs (we have roo and pullets) then I may let her hatch some! But that's like a next year project haha

Here's to hoping I don't have to blow a fan up her butt lol

 

[The Ranch Girl]

Uuugggg lol thanks. At least I know I'm not alone with a stubborn one! Lol now if our little buff brahmas were laying eggs (we have roo and pullets) then I may let her hatch some! But that's like a next year project haha

Here's to hoping I don't have to blow a fan up her butt lol

They like to do it at most inconvenient times
Believe me, when you have stubborn broody chickens your never alone lol

 

[aart]

My question, how much longer?

As long as it takes. I've had some take longer than others.
Setup looks good(except maybe for the rooster below, hehe).
I like to release them late in the day, say an hour before roost time.
That way if they do go back to nest, they won't be in there for too long before being crated again.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I agree, the set-up looks good. I typically break mine in three days but occasionally some go another two or three days. Some hens are more hormonal than others.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Agreed, some just take longer than others. I have a bird that just swings in and out of broodiness most of the laying season - takes her forever to commit, and then takes up to 5 days to break her once she does. Others break in 2 days or less.

 

[Australorpfamily]

Setup looks good(except maybe for the rooster below, hehe).

Yeah lol I was able to use a rabbit cage lift(?) Bottom(?) (from our 4H cages) To put between her and the rooster. Before I had that piece dug out he didn't give one care that she was up there.

I know as long as it takes but gez she's just not caring lol

 

[Australorpfamily]

Well... I tried the letting her out at night, she went to coop and I woke up with her in nest... Lol and she's making her raptor or Predator(the movie creature) noises still. But last night she was all moving and clucking like let me out, she ate and followed into the coop, and while our auto door is unplugged at the moment(had an issue with it--our fault not it) she must have went sometime in the night bc I was out at 630 to turn on their lights(mainly for our grow outs)

Ug! She may win... Lol

 

[Australorpfamily]

Went back out and she met me at the door! Fingers crossed! Lol