cluck333
In the Brooder
I have a broody hen as well. I have not tried that much to un-broody-ify (hey I just invented a new word!
)her, at first because I thought she could mother my spring chicks, which didn't work out well. I got her off the nest for a while by giving her extra room to roam. I make sure she has food and water(my hens don't lay in nesting boxes) and she's such a grumpy bird I let her be. For all that sitting, she doesn't lay much and it makes no difference whether or not there is an egg under her. I don't blame her for being this way; my other hens pick on her.
