What do I do with this chicken?

[ClundRnc]

I have a broody hen that is 1.5 yrs old. She will NOT come out of the nest unless she is picked up and put outside. How long does this last? The other chickens act like she's a new chicken to the group when she gets out among them. What do I need to do? we have been keeping the eggs out of the nests so that she has nothing to sit on. We don't have a rooster. Thanks

 

[WingItRanch]

Try this method!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-breaking-ala-aart.77915/

 

[Acre4Me]

Some will break themselves. When we’ve allowed a hen to stay broody (no real eggs under her) she will sometimes take 2 weeks or 3-4 weeks (normal hatch time). If you let her wait it out, you should make her go out for a bit each day for food and water.

We don’t usually allow them to stay broody. So, the cage thing can work great bc their fluffy butts can’t stay warm like they would on a nest. I’ve heard some people will put them halfway (bottom half) in cool-cold water for a bit to help cool them down and sometimes this helps -but, if they are heavily feathered or it’s cold out, a chicken needs help to get dry (towel+hairdryer which they surprisingly like). Their underfluff stays wet otherwise and areas like between legs have a hard time drying.

Our usual method is to separate them from the flock. They can see but cannot join the flock, which is somewhat distressing to them . Right now, as I type, four hens of one breed are all broody, and are together in a protected pen that is near but not with the flock. They are less likely to settle into a nest (no nest boxes in this pen) and it helps them to loose their broodiness. I say that, but one of these four was in this pen a week ago for three days (with two other broody hens) and apparently wasn’t fully broken and within a few days was back to being broody.

 

[Yardfulla poopers]

I have broken broody hens both with lifting them out of the nest several times a day or in extreme cases, the cage/fan method. I have decided though that my next broody will have day old chicks put under her on day 21.

 

[Iluveggers]

I’ve had good luck w putting ours in the “grow out” coop for 24-48 hours. If I cage her in the run, she takes a lot longer to break (maybe too close to her “nest”? I have even used a dog crate in the garage before. She is a stubborn one, but now I know her signs. If she is on the nest after work, and doesn’t come off before I close the pop door, I move her immediately. Usually one night away does the trick unless I wait longer.

A MARANS of all breeds!

 

[BGcoop]

Perfect time to grab some day old chicks from your local feed store and pop them under her butt at night! New chicks for you and you don’t even have to do the hard work of raising them!

 

[Iluveggers]

Perfect time to grab some day old chicks from your local feed store and pop them under her butt at night! New chicks for you and you don’t even have to do the hard work of raising them!

Not all broodys are good moms. Mine can hatch eggs, but doesn’t teach or protect her babies well.