How to help.my broodies that plucked

[Pampered chicken girl]

I currently have 2 broody hens and both, being typical broodies, plucked there chests. How can I help regrow these feathers? They are 1 silkie hen who's about a year and a silkie rock (silkie Barred Rock Cross) who's about 9 months.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

They will grow back on their own Nothing you can do about it. Let her hatch some check chicks or break their broodiness.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

They will grow back on their own Nothing you can do about it. Let her hatch some check chicks or break their broodiness.

Well I can't let them hatch right now. Is it OK to not break them? I have been letting them break themselves the last time with no problem

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Well I can't let them hatch right now. Is it OK to not break them? I have been letting them break themselves the last time with no problem

Sometimes that is alright, but keep in mind it's really not good for them to be starving themselves for no reason.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Sometimes that is alright, but keep in mind it's really not good for them to be starving themselves for no reason.

Ok thanks I always make sure they are out of the nest 1 or 2 times a day. Sometimes I close the door for a hour or two so they can't go back in.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Ok thanks I always make sure they are out of the nest 1 or 2 times a day. Sometimes I close the door for a hour or two so they can't go back in.

Keep them off the nest as much as possible. You definitely don't want them to get dehydrated in the summer!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Keep them off the nest as much as possible. You definitely don't want them to get dehydrated in the summer!

Ok the silkie rock is like a broody but a bad one who doesn't take it seriously, she gets down when I show her there's no eggs under her the silkie on the other hand will be broody on a piece of shavings if she can lol