hen sitting on empty nest

I have 2 BO hens sitting on nothing day and night now for about 3 weeks. I have not been able to break them. Just what they do....you can try removing her a few times a day, but it hasn't worked for me yet. I did have success breaking my broody Silie by putting ice cubes under her. Otherwise gets some hatching eggs and let her do what she is trying so hard to do.

 

One of our BSL was broody for seven weeks, she wouldn't snap out of it but we already had one broody hatching out chicks in the broody pen and couldn't have another. She'd sit on eggs, no eggs, straw, wood, whatever...when she did finally snap out of it, it was like she had 'phantom' chicks. She would cluck to them and puff her feathers up and growl if we went too close to her...she'd even pick food up in her beak and drop it for her 'chicks'

She snapped out of it within a few days. For the past four years she has gone broody every summer...She's a sweet little hen, and I promised her if she wants to hatch chicks this year, she can!

Good luck with your broody, she'll get tired eventually

 

I have a puller/hen who was sitting on an empty nest this morning. How do I know if she is a beginner egg layer or is struggling? She is almost 5 months old and an Americauna.