How long in Solitary Confinement?

[Aub]

I've put Nugget in Solitary Confinement because she's gone broody. She is a Silkie and was laying like a champ, then bam, nothin'! All she wants' to do is sit in the nest box. I've tried putting a bag of ice under her, she tried to hatch it. I tried locking her out of the coop, But the other girls couldn't get in to lay. So I bought a 24"x24" rabbit cage and put her in it. She is in the shed in her cage. I take her out at night and put her in the coop with the other girls to sleep and take her out after I get the kids off to school. How long do I leave her in the cage?

 

[poofball]

I Put My silkie in cage with wire bottom cage for 4 days she stopped going broody for a while till she layed a new batch of eggs Then she started again .Thats what they do best

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

If you want to use her, the rabbit cage could not be better. That is what I use for all my broodies -

On the other hand, it sounds like you want to break her up - I take the rabbit cage and set it up a few inches on some wood in a coop (If it has a solid bottom, flip it upside down so she is standing on the wire floor) so that air will flow under her. In a week or so she should be back to normal. And provide her feed and water, I wouldn't restrict any of that.

 

[Aub]

Oh my gosh!! A week in the cage?! My poor little Nugget. Do they just stop being broody on their own or do they need to have some babies first?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

It only took 24 hours in a hutch with a wire bottom to cure my silkie.

 

[pgpoultry]

Some hens are just determined. It can take a very long time. Hope she gives in for you.