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[jp123]

Hi! We had a 5-yr old hen who lost her hatch-mate and went broody for the first time a couple weeks later. We broke the broody with dry ice. A couple weeks later, same story. The third time, she refused to stop brooding, the other hens started avoiding the coop and laying around the property, and those golf balls under her were never going to hatch. Unsure how else to break her broodiness, I did an emergency run to Tractor Supply for day-old chicks to swap with the golf balls. It worked and she's happily mothering ever since ... but I have no idea what breed the chicks are. Any help is appreciated!

 

[nuthatched]

How did you use dry ice?

 

[jp123]

How did you use dry ice?

When we've had chickens go broody, we've put the hard, blue dry ice used in coolers in the nest under the hen. The ice needs to be swapped about every 8 hours but generally will reduce the hen's body temperature enough to flip her hormones and break her broodiness within about 3 days.
What methods do others use to break broodiness?

 

[nuthatched]

When we've had chickens go broody, we've put the hard, blue dry ice used in coolers in the nest under the hen. The ice needs to be swapped about every 8 hours but generally will reduce the hen's body temperature enough to flip her hormones and break her broodiness within about 3 days.
What methods do others use to break broodiness?

Ah. Contained Ice packs. I thought you meant real dry ice from co2 and I was really concerned.