Determined new laying pullet

[Fluffygirl]

I have a pullet who has laid 5 eggs and now wants to be a mother. She’s in the wrong spot. I keep moving her to a spot with eggs, but she will leave and go lay on nothing. Should I put her in a dog kennel and her stay setting?

 

[FrostRanger]

I have a pullet who has laid 5 eggs and now wants to be a mother. She’s in the wrong spot. I keep moving her to a spot with eggs, but she will leave and go lay on nothing. Should I put her in a dog kennel and her stay setting?

I'd be leery about letting such a young pullet set as she's still growing but if you want her to set, you could try that although if possible I'd use eggs from an older bird if possible as pullet eggs are small and while it is possible to hatch healthy chicks from them, you're more likely to run into problems (all this assuming you have a roo).

 

[Fluffygirl]

I'd be leery about letting such a young pullet set as she's still growing but if you want her to set, you could try that although if possible I'd use eggs from an older bird if possible as pullet eggs are small and while it is possible to hatch healthy chicks from them, you're more likely to run into problems (all this assuming you have a roo).

Well I’ve put her eggs under another hen and they are developing. She is around 8 months maybe not that. She is a bantam. She just won’t stop sitting so I was going to pen her with food and water and give her eggs.

 

[FrostRanger]

Well I’ve put her eggs under another hen and they are developing. She is around 8 months maybe not that. She is a bantam. She just won’t stop sitting so I was going to pen her with food and water and give her eggs.

If you want to break her broodiness put her in broody jail which is a dog crate with food, water, a perch and absolutly no substrate such as woodchips for a few days.The crate MUST be bare bottomed or it won't work

 

[aart]

The crate MUST be bare bottomed or it won't work

Not just no bedding but wire mesh on bottom and crate elevated for air flow underneath.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-breaking-ala-aart.77915/

 

[Fluffygirl]

I am not trying to break her if it won’t hurt her to sit.