How Do you break a broody hen?

[Lauren Adams]

Hello again, My friend has a broody hen she asked me if I knew how to break a broody. However I do not know. I have heard that if you keep letting them out over and over again may work but the chickens might not be let out much more with the weather getting colder (it snowed today where I live)

Thanks for the info!

 

[SethJ]

we usually just seperate her in another pen for a week or so. Think...solitary confinement lol.

 

[Lauren Adams]

Thanks

 

[SethJ]

I always keep a couple of pens clear just for a sick bird or rabbit,..or a broody hen.

-...my small pens...the ones I use for rabbits.

 

[Thing2]

Discouraging a Broody Hen
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If you don’t want the broody hen to hatch out any eggs, the most common advice is to remove her from the nesting box or wherever she is sitting on the eggs. It’s best to place the broody hen in a brightly lit (not in full sun, though) isolation cage without bedding for several days to a week. I usually use a wire-floored rabbit cage and place it where she can see the other hens, but is out of the weather. If the hen is really determined, you might have to raise the cage up off the ground, so that air flows underneath. You still need to feed and water the hen, but the main idea is to prevent her from getting into the nesting boxes or wherever she wants to sit on those eggs.
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I got this from the article Encouraging or Discouraging Broodiness In Your Hens
Hope it helps!

 

[feather13]

We've only had one broody hen over the years and I just remove the eggs ASAP and move her out of the nesting box. It usually just takes a few days.

 

[SethJ]

hmmmm funny you should say that thing2loveschickens,..the pen where I confine them is exactly like you described,..its really for my rabbits.....but its about 3 foot high with a hardware cloth bottom,......so yea air moves across her bottom. Never gave it much thought,..it was just the only place I had empty lol.

 

[Thing2]

hmmmm funny you should say that thing2loveschickens,..the pen where I confine them is exactly like you described,..its really for my rabbits.....but its about 3 foot high with a hardware cloth bottom,......so yea air moves across her bottom. Never gave it much thought,..it was just the only place I had empty lol.

Cool coincedence!

 

[Lauren Adams]

Thanks again for the advice I will let my friend know the eggs would not be able to hatch anyway because she does not have a Rooster I do either wish I did lol but it is illegal where I live.