I made my Silkie broody!!!

[KellyHM]

Night before last I stuck 2 eggs in my Silkie's nest, just to see if I could "make" her go broody. Yesterday she laid an egg but didn't stay on the nest. I took that egg, but left the other two just for fun. And guess what? Today she's been sitting all day long!! I didn't think you could really make a chicken go broody, but this is great!

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ETA: Now I'm plotting about how many more eggs I can stick under her!

 

[swtangel321]

LOL, its like a game.... How many eggs can I fit under my hen... LOL !!!! Make sure she is 100% broody before putting to many under her !!!!! Good luck !!!

 

[Shared Acres]

That worked nice! I've tried sometimes to trick them and it didn't work!

 

[KellyHM]

She's been there all day and she tries to kill my hand when I go near her! She has 2 9-wk-old chicks that she hatched and raised, so I know she's a good mommy. They were piled in on top of her to sleep tonight...I can't believe she still lets them get in there with her!

 

[mrandmrschicken]

What kind of eggs did you use? Wooden, hollowed etc?

Someone told me that his grandfather, a farmer would make hens go broody by confining them to a bucket in such a way that they could not stand up or get out and they were forced to sit for a couple of days. He said it worked every time. They were fed and watered. It was designed to calm them down. Any one heard of this method?

 

[swtangel321]

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Sounds kind of mean !!!! I wouldnt want to be stuck in a bucket !!!! When a hen wants to go broody she will, if you want chicks that bad get a bator or order day olds !!!! I dont think its a good idea to stick a hen in a bucket !!!! Nature will take it's course !!!

 

[KellyHM]

I just stuck 2 of my EE eggs that I wasn't going to use in there. I didn't confine her or anything...she just decided to sit on them.