How do you know when a hen isn't broody anymore?

[Suzannah]

I put Mabel, the black Orp, in a wire cage a couple days ago; how do I know when to take her out? It seems to me that she might just run straight back to the nest at this point.

We don't have a rooster, so there is no sense in a broody hen, and she has been very persistent.

 

[Suzannah]

Oh, and I did try the dunking her in cold water. Didn't work at all!!

 

[Lollipop]

I put Mabel, the black Orp, in a wire cage a couple days ago; how do I know when to take her out? It seems to me that she might just run straight back to the nest at this point.

We don't have a rooster, so there is no sense in a broody hen, and she has been very persistent.

I would leave her in there for a week. Chances are she will give it up by then.........Pop

 

[CorinneP]

She will eventually give up .. and start moving around more .

 

[Suzannah]

Thanks!