Hen gone broody but don't won't chicks now

[ryanboi1234]

My dutch bantam hen has gone broody but I don't won't chicks because it's to cold if I break the broodness would she go broody again

 

[nchls school]

My dutch bantam hen has gone broody but I don't won't chicks because it's to cold if I break the broodness would she go broody again

Yes.

 

[barkinghills]

If she is broody and you don't want chicks right now then just make sure to take away all the eggs each day. She won't be laying if she's broody, but she may try to gather other freshly-laid eggs. If you break her of this broody spell, she will likely go broody some time again in the future, but not necessarily right away. Every hen is different. If you remove all eggs and leave her be, she may be finished being broody in about 3 weeks, sometimes longer. I tend to break broodies that are disruptive in the nest boxes (bothering other laying hens, gathering eggs, etc). I break them by caging them in a spare wire pen for several days without a nest box, and feed them plenty of nutritious food and clean water during that time.