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[pennyJo1960]

least any forget I do have two Barred rock roos that need a home
be it fore breeding or dinner make no mind to me

 

[junebuggena]

How long does it takes for a chicken to get out of broody mode?

Are you asking how long a hen is typically broody for? If incubating eggs, 3 weeks. If not incubating any eggs, indefinitely. Do you want to know if she will stop brooding on her own at some point? Without breaking her broodiness or giving her chicks to raise, it's not likely.
If you want to know when a hen will resume production after being broody, usually about 4 to 6 weeks.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quiz me this with no roos is common to have one go broody ?
mine have shown no sign of it

 

[junebuggena]

Quiz me this with no roos is common to have one go broody ?
mine have shown no sign of it

Roosters have no influence on brooding. Hens can and will go broody without ever having seen a cockerel in their life. Your flock is still a bit young for broodiness. It is not common for pullets to go broody before they are over a year old.

 

[Hinotori]

Most of mine will sit about six weeks if I don't give them eggs. Even the tenacious little silkies. Don't get silkies if you don't want to deal with it. My worst offender holds the record here of broody 7 times in one year because I wouldn't let her keep any eggs.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Roosters have no influence on brooding. Hens can and will go broody without ever having seen a cockerel in their life. Your flock is still a bit young for broodiness. It is not common for pullets to go broody before they are over a year old.

Thank you so maybe or maybe not thats ok

 

[Duck Drover]

Hi all,
Has anyone given "Country Companion" layer feed a try  ?  
I saw them at Coastal Farm & Ranch the last 2 months.  $12.99 for 50lbs.
My ducks are currently on Nutrena and they are doing pretty good on that. 
Has anyone done any comparisons?  Purina is on sale now too.  $10.99 for 40lbs.
My ducks just started to lay again and I don't want to mess things up for them.

So far my ranking on what my ducks like is :
Nutrena #1   and
Purina #2,    
just from the number of eggs I get, but it could just be my imagination.   or me forgetting to feed them. 

I feed Purina Flock Raiser to my ducks and chickens. It is high protein without being too high and it has the niacin that ducks need without added calcium for the boys. We feed egg shells on the side for the hens to replace the calcium from laying. Duck feed works for chickens but chicken feed does not work for ducks.

 

[Gatewayto]

So a Broody hen:
If we provides an egg for her to try to hatch, after hatching will takes about 6 weeks before she will be resume egg production?
If we do not provide an egg for her to try to hatch, she may never resume egg production again?

Was reading a little on here and saw some posting on using "cayenne pepper" to try to help hen lay eggs again after the hen broodiness had stopped. Any truth in this? It is a little odd/funny -- Anyone tried this on their hens that stopped laying after finishing their broodiness?

 

[ForrestGump]

My pullets go broody all the time before they are a year old. I had a leghorn that went broody at 8 months, and before I knew it two of her hatch-mates were broody as well. I don't think age has any bearing on when they go broody. Most of my hens will lay about 40 eggs and then that will trigger them to go broody.

The leghorn was an average mother and then left her chicks at 5 weeks. It was during the winter, poor things, but they did OK. She actually laid an egg in their nest the day before she left them. My marans hens will stay broody for months. They are very hard to break, but some of them have stopped being broody after about 6 weeks. There is a lot of variability, it depends on what the hen wants to do. The Easter Egger hen gave up pretty easily after about 4 weeks of sitting on a golf ball.

There is a thread just about broody hens. You might want to check it out.

 

[junebuggena]

So a Broody hen:
If we provides an egg for her to try to hatch, after hatching will takes about 6 weeks before she will be resume egg production?
If we do not provide an egg for her to try to hatch, she may never resume egg production again?

Was reading a little on here and saw some posting on using "cayenne pepper" to try to help hen lay eggs again after the hen broodiness had stopped. Any truth in this? It is a little odd/funny -- Anyone tried this on their hens that stopped laying after finishing their broodiness?

If you don't break a broody hen, and don't give her eggs or chicks, she could end up brooding herself to death. They hardly eat or drink while brooding, and that leaves them vulnerable to illness, dehydration, or possible starvation. The longer they brood, the more depleted they become. Some come out of it on their own, but it can take several months. That's why it's best to break her from brooding as soon as possible, if you don't want anymore chicks. Once broken from brooding, it takes 4 to 6 weeks for the hormones to clear her system enough for laying to resume.
Cayenne pepper has no impact on laying. Most of the time, it's purely coincidental, and the hen was just about ready to start laying anyways. The owner gets tired of waiting and tries the pepper, only to have the birds start laying within a week or two. She would have laid with or without the pepper. Chickens do not have tastebuds for 'heat'.