HELP! Broody Hen - one nesting box!

[JessWebb]

My Chantecler layer has gone broody and I have only one nesting box for my three laying hens. How do I snap her out of it? It has been a week and we never see her! My kids love it because they can pet her while she stares into space but my other hens have decreased production and started laying in random places around the coop because they can't have their turn in the nest! Advice please!

 

[waynem1983]

Last week my secong buff orp went broody, but I already have one bird raising chicks, so I simply kicked her out of the coop and locked it up, she spent a coupke of days walking around clucking non stop, but has given up and is now back to normal, took me three days.

 

[iwiw60]

If you want to break her of her broodiness, here's great info for you:

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=broody+breaker