Give them babies or try to break them?

[galanie]

I just let two broodies raise babies and the babies are three months old. I plan to let them grow to laying size then sell them. Well of course two more are now broody and one of them is one of the same ones that just weaned some chicks (well, not 'just' but you get the idea). So that leaves me with 2 broodies and 5 laying, AGAIN. And 5 young ones running amok. That I need to get rid of.

Guess the poll is really for the dark cornish because the other one will get babies, she's one of those unbreakable broodies.

 

[Happy Chooks]

You do know this is a chicken forum, right?

Chicken math wins every time!

 

[galanie]

Well of course! But it's fun anyway. You people are so bad. Really.

 

[Happy Chooks]

 

[remuda1]

I just had my first broody. Of all things, a young brown leghorn. I got her some babies and then one of the GLWs decides she needs to be broody too. I tried the water baths for a couple of days to no avail. Then did some more reading and decided to separate her. She was still in the run but in a large expanded metal thing that I use as an outdoor brooder. After five days in there, no more broodiness!! Sometimes I wonder why we make things so difficult when the solutions are so simple, lol!!

 

[galanie]

I have a "broody breaker" cage for my hens. Wire bottom, up off the ground. All I have to do is put one in there for around 3 days and no more broody. Except one. She can NOT be broken of it. So this post was in reference to her, and another that I was curious about, whether she'd be good at it or not.

But sometimes we do make simple things complicated, and I figured this would just be fun to do. Is why it's in Random Ramblings instead of somewhere else hehe.

 

[roostersandhens]

i do not like the cage idea sounds mean! i would let em brood depending if u can have roosters where u live! iknow u will get roosters if they brood!

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Keeping them in a cage for three days is not mean. A hen doesn't eat much or drink much when she's broody, and she can lose condition quickly. If there's no wish for chicks, it's much kinder to break the broody than let her sit.

 

[donrae]

And as this thread's a good 6-7 months old, I sure hope galanie has figured out what to do with the hens

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

And as this thread's a good 6-7 months old, I sure hope galanie has figured out what to do with the hens

LOL, I didn't even notice that someone had bumped a really old thread to the top.