My broody chicken is acting so off lately. Help :(

[Skywarita]

Hello everyone! My chicken is young and has been laying for a few weeks now, but she has been broody lately. I tried to break it off by taking her eggs away and putting her outside with her hen friend. This, however, did not work out. She is always making angry noises by herself, when I get near her she squeaks, even when she's walking, and she's always sitting at random places...
What should I do? Thanks in advance!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hello everyone! My chicken is young and has been laying for a few weeks now, but she has been broody lately. I tried to break it off by taking her eggs away and putting her outside with her hen friend. This, however, did not work out. She is always making angry noises by herself, when I get near her she squeaks, even when she's walking, and she's always sitting at random places...
What should I do? Thanks in advance!

You may need to place her in a cage with a wire floor and break her.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch/

 

[aart]

If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her broodiness promptly.

My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

Chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor after pic was taken.

 

[Skywarita]

You may need to place her in a cage with a wire floor and break her.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch/

Thank you! I will check that method out

 

[Skywarita]

If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her broodiness promptly.

My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

Chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor after pic was taken.
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Thank you, I might do this!!