So my EE has been broody for almost 8 weeks

[Kelly FG]

I've tried breaking her, it hasn't worked. She's skinny & nutty as heck. She's sitting on an empty nest & we don't have a rooster.
What's the longest broody you've ever had?

 

[Cuban Longtails]

buy some hatching eggs and let her hatch? lol, she wants to be a mommy!

I have roosters, so any of mine that go broody are actually able to hatch out babies. I've never tried to stop them.

How is she doing now?

 

[Katy]

I had a marans hen that was broody almost all summer. No matter what I did she wouldn't quit either.

 

[Kelly FG]

penny finaly broke her brood about two weeks ago. I think she was broody since the last week in July. She went into a crazy moult & she looks a mess now, she's so skinny too.
It will be cold here soon & I didn't want to have babies in the winter, first girl to go broody next Spring is getting some eggs!!!!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Good news! Hope she gets her feathers back soon, it's gonna be a chilly one!

 

[Katy]

I found what you said about her molt interesting. My marans that wanted to be broody all summer also has recently went into her molt and she went from looking normally feathered to looking like someone almost totally plucked her over a period of about three days!! She looked horrible! Her feathers are now growing back in and she's looking better...finally! I suppose they just taxed their system too far by trying to set that long.

 

[eggzettera]

Read that Avia Charge 2000 from McMurray can help bring feathers back, I was researching it due to lack of eggs all of a sudden...you may want to try it...

 

[Kelly FG]

good idea on the aviacharge, I have it. I'll start using it again.

 

[eggzettera]

Where did you get it from wondering if McMurray is the only one to carry it?