First of all, I know there are a handful of articles that explain how to break a broody, but I want to hear it from you guys, like this.
So I have a broody buff orpington named Nugget. She is luckily a nice broody, and doesn't bite or hurt me when I pick her up to take eggs from her (but she did snap at her sister Brittney when she had sat on top of her ). I never really thought of it as a problem and let her be broody since I actually want a broody to raise chicks next Spring (I have a little polish cockerel that isn't mature yet). But now I've realised the others aren't laying many eggs because she's scaring a few from her box, resulting in them not wanting to go in the other, either. I only have two since there's only 6 pullets laying eggs.
So. How do I break this? I would prefer not to seperate her from the flock. I've really just been taking her off the nest and forcing her to free range, but then she just puffs up to the size of a bowling ball and clucks with a grumpy face. She's my favorite and the sweetest, so I don't want her to dislike me since they're more pets than livestock. We just want them for 4-H fair and pets, the eggs are like a bonus!
So I have a broody buff orpington named Nugget. She is luckily a nice broody, and doesn't bite or hurt me when I pick her up to take eggs from her (but she did snap at her sister Brittney when she had sat on top of her ). I never really thought of it as a problem and let her be broody since I actually want a broody to raise chicks next Spring (I have a little polish cockerel that isn't mature yet). But now I've realised the others aren't laying many eggs because she's scaring a few from her box, resulting in them not wanting to go in the other, either. I only have two since there's only 6 pullets laying eggs.
So. How do I break this? I would prefer not to seperate her from the flock. I've really just been taking her off the nest and forcing her to free range, but then she just puffs up to the size of a bowling ball and clucks with a grumpy face. She's my favorite and the sweetest, so I don't want her to dislike me since they're more pets than livestock. We just want them for 4-H fair and pets, the eggs are like a bonus!