Continuous Broodiness! I need a Broody Break!

[aoxa]

Since February 2012 I have not gone a day without a broody. Right now I have 3 chickens and a duck sitting on eggs. Will the madness end?!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I don't know, but I'm with you. I have had 8 broodies this year and 3 of them at once are now raising babies. The most unlikely culprit to go broody was my 3 1/2 year old hatchery Production Red. Surprisingly (she's such a witch) she's a great mother. My BR is on her 2nd set of babies this year.

 

[galanie]

I went a good while w/out one but now Ms. Unbreakable is back at it. I may try to fill fake eggs with water and freeze them like I heard on another thread. Maybe that will work. The cage didn't.

 

[aoxa]

I don't know, but I'm with you.  I have had 8 broodies this year and 3 of them at once are now raising babies.  The most unlikely culprit to go broody was my 3 1/2 year old hatchery Production Red.  Surprisingly (she's such a witch) she's a great mother.  My BR is on her 2nd set of babies this year.

It's madness isn't it? I sure hope they give it a rest in the winter. Though with my luck they won't. I'm running out of places to put them. One of the broodies is in an engine (not in the car).

I went a good while w/out one but now Ms. Unbreakable is back at it. I may try to fill fake eggs with water and freeze them like I heard on another thread. Maybe that will work. The cage didn't.

That's a good idea! To cage them is a lot of work, and I don't have anything that would work for that. I tried dunking them. Nada. I had to hose down a broody who does not hold her poop.

I know, I know.. I have silkies and cochins, so what do I expect? So far it's mostly silkies that have gone broody, but right now I have two Phoenix mixes that are on nests.

 

[what did I do]

One of my 6 month old leghorns just went broody. Why, winter is coming on

 

[aoxa]

One of my 6 month old leghorns just went broody. Why, winter is coming on

It's craziness isn't it?! And a leghorn! That just isn't normal