I've thought about closing that coop. I was just trying this first. Only a few lay in that coop, but she has access to another one if she is smart enough.
If she remembers, she can also go up to the eaves. Since I've been making her coop up at night she doesn't go up there anymore.
But, then jumped down and took a dirt bath. So far she's still in the run and hasn't gone into the other coop. 
Found her sitting on 4 eggs. Both coops closed right now. I guess she will be back in the crate tommorow.
Aww, I hope it works out for you soon!@NagemTX after I posted, I went out and closed the coop door. She went straight for the door and stood there briefly. I think she knocked even.
Edied about 2 hours after my first update.
Whelp, that worked until she remembered the other coop.
I'm sure it will. I'm just being impatient. The coops have been closed since 3pm. She's not sitting anywhere - just running around like a regular chicken. So hopefully she will snap out of it soon.
Need some tips for breaking a broody silkie mix.
So far she's been in a dog crate for 4-5 days. Yesterday I put her in some cool water. Thought she might be ok, but as soon as she was back out of the dog crate she booked it to the nesting box. I set up a fan and put a bottle of ice in the crate hoping that would help to cool her down. She even free ranged for a bit, but then I didn't see her and yep - back to the nest box.
My cochin has been much easier to break than this and I'm just worried that the crate isn't good for her feet. While I know some people keep their birds on mesh, but she paces a lot while in there.
Now that I think about it, my muscovy are easier to break too.
Thanks for the suggestions. At least I have more ideas now.Closing off the other coop was a good idea, too bad it didn't work out long term!
I don't use a wire-bottom cage with my broodies for precisely the same reason, I worry about their feet on that over a longer period of time. I just set them up in a cage on the ground with no shelter and no bedding, just dirt or wood floor, and in an area of the pen where there's a lot of chicken traffic so that she has absolutely no privacy while in it. My more stubborn birds will sometimes take more than a week in this setup to break, but they have nowhere to actually brood so eventually they do break.
Sometimes I have one that tries to brood despite being set up that way, so I counter this by moving the cage a few feet or so every time I'm out there, just so she can't really ever settle down to nest. You could try this even if she's pacing and not trying to nest, maybe that would unsettle her enough to break her? Hopefully you find something that works out to get through to her!
Some of them really are just so stubborn! I'm relieved to say my silkied Red Cochins, who used to go broody in the early summer and literally spend months in broody jail before finally breaking, must have aged out of brooding with any frequency, as I haven't had to break any of them in a year or two. View attachment 3918082Crazy birds!
I hope she gives it up soon!
I love all of your birds even if I don't reply to all posts. But, the ones that are like "what about me?" They are just the sweetest.Picture of the day 64! Izzy, my Blue Orpington, who was very clearly sick of me trying to get a picture of her this morning.
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And just one runner up, Rangi at my feet while I took the above picture, vying for my attention.
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We're getting down to the wire, y'all... Just under 2 weeks until the semester starts! View attachment 3918091 Things have been a bit crazy here as I'm not only preparing for that, but also preparing the farm for the possibility that I might have to have someone else open or close pens for me on occasion. Hopefully things will calm down here soon, at least for a short while before and at the start of the semester.
Thanks for the suggestions. At least I have more ideas now.
Even if I had more time to commit to letting them hatch, I really don't want chicks hatching out this late in the year! Shoot, they wouldn't even be a month old by the time we started getting frosts and cold nights!I love all of your birds even if I don't reply to all posts. But, the ones that are like "what about me?" They are just the sweetest.
If I could guarantee they'd have the same temperament as her, I'd get more Anconas in a heart beat!
I was literally just saying to Tink in DMs that I keep telling myself I've got this, I can do this. Maybe it'll sink in eventually and I'll start to believe it if I keep saying it. 
Hopefully I'm not jinxing myself in saying so
But, the job is mostly done for the year, thank goodness! Amaretto is also in broody jail again, but declined to pose for a picture.
