Too broody!

[Muffinburgler]

I have a hen who will literally not stop having babies. She'll hatch herself a bunch of peepers, care for them for about four weeks, and then walk out and get right back on the nest and hatch out another brood! She's been doing this nonstop since she first started laying. She alone could populate an entire country of chickens.

She hides her nests on the surrounding property, so we can't take the eggs away in time, and when we do find one of her nests, she just moves somewhere else even harder to find!

Is there a way to just end her baby-making rampage? We're trying to find a home for our roosters, so at least no more chicks. But her being broody is going to get her killed one day when a predator stumbles on her many nests in the forest. Are some hens just born to breed nonstop?

Maybe I should just give her to someone who loves drowning in baby chicks

 

[Pele]

Heehee! Poor girl just wants baybehs! You should offer her to someone in the Incubators Anonymous thread. I bet they'd get into a fight over her

 

[AZ_HenHouse]

I have one like that too. When she first started laying I think it lasted a week before she went broody. I was lucky with her first group in that she babied them for a looooong time-like 3-4 months. Second group got about 5 weeks and then she left, laid 2 eggs and went broody.

Kids love her and all the new babies....husband not so much. In fact we don't even tell him anymore and hope only a few hatch

Gotta love a broody hen

 

[DangerChickenHouse]

I have one like that too. When she first started laying I think it lasted a week before she went broody. I was lucky with her first group in that she babied them for a looooong time-like 3-4 months. Second group got about 5 weeks and then she left, laid 2 eggs and went broody.

Kids love her and all the new babies....husband not so much. In fact we don't even tell him anymore and hope only a few hatch

Gotta love a broody hen

That cracked me up!

I wish I had property where my chickens could free range all the time.