One big crabby broody hen who thinks she can hatch ceramic training eggs. Battle day 3.
With the heat moving in, do you want to break her broody mood?
With my Cochin girls, one of several methods usually breaks the mood. You want to cool her belly so she loses the temperature that brings on the desire to brood.
Remove the ceramic eggs from her nest as well as any nest material...bare box is what you want.
1) zip some ice cubes into a sealable bag. Cover with a light towel to keep from direct skin contact and slip this under the hen...several times a day for several days.
2) several times a day, set the hen in a 4 inch tall water tub with cold water to cool her down for five minutes.
3) suspend a wire cage from the rafters within easy reach. Attach a water bowl to the inside so she can't tump it over and do the same for a feed bowl. I like the kind that clip on to the wire cage. Remove the bottom tray from the cage if it has one. Put the hen inside the cage for several days. The air circulating around her belly and the swinging motion of the cage will usually break a broody hen.
Have been trying to break her. Can not take out training eggs, have pullets in the same pen who still have to figure out where to lay. thank you for the tips
