HELP! BROODY HEN PROBLEMS

[Sparrowsong98]

Like.... pull them off the nest, multiple times a day, for 3 weeks?

No, I would just come in at night when I fed them and take their eggs and pretty soon they had it all figured out that they couldn't sit the, and gave up.

 

[Farm boy 14]

Thanks for all the replies.

I have always just pulled my girls off and taken the eggs. It sounds kind of harsh, but after 3 weeks or so, they are done with this fad and never sit diligently again.

This technique sounds good but once we move to our new house I want her to be able to go broody there. Will she want to sit after this experience?

 

[chickengirl778]

That's what I did to my hen and she was broody a couple more times. Not for a while though.

 

[aart]

Thanks for all the replies.

This technique sounds good but once we move to our new house I want her to be able to go broody there. Will she want to sit after this experience?

Have had several birds go broody again after breaking them in a crate.

 

[Farm boy 14]

has been two days now since she left the nestbox. thanks for the replies