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Bacon and eggs

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Oct 7, 2010
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Hi
I am new to this so bear with me.. I have 10 buff ophingtons that I got in july as six month olds. I have two pigs that are about to become bacon and two dogs. I have been having proplems with one of my chickens. She is very broody. I locked her in time out and that did nothing. She liked it. I have tried dunking in cool water and whe stay out for a while but then right back to the nesting box. Does any body have any ideas. No rooster so no little ones. thanks
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First of all
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from southern Indiana.

As far as the broodiness, you'll have to wait for someone with more experience of "un broody-izing" them
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I usually have enough eggs that need to be hatched that I just let them sit. I'm sure someone will be along soon to give you some advice.
 
I've been through this with a barred rock and a silver-laced wyandotte but my buff orpington remains "broodliless". After much research, these are the "cures" I found. Isolate them in a wire pen for several days with air circulation from beneath. Evidently, they continue to brood when their temperature is kept high by a warm nest. I've heard that dunking them in water cools them, but I wouldn't take the chance of them getting sick from a chill.

We reduced the time of broodiness by: taking them off the nest and putting them on a roost at night. After a few days of doing this, I began blocking the nest boxes when I thought all the hens were finished for the day. The frustrated broody hens would go to the roost with the others and I would open the next boxes in the morning. On the roost, they are chilling for 10 hours. Also, I took them off the nest several times a day so that they would eat and drink.

When we did nothing, the hen was broody for 22 days. When we did the above, it lasted from 6-8 days.
Good luck!
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Welcome from an imp in Renton.

Check out the Washingtonians thread in the Where are you forum. Lots of nice people there.

I had success with breaking broodiness by taking her off the nest several times a day and putting her out of the coop. I don't think she was seriously broody. It was too easy.
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