What to do??

[Dodgegal79]

House chickens eggs seem not to be good. They started to develop then then they died. I put some quail eggs under her incase they hatch so she has something to watch (she hates the older quail so she maybe in for a shock when those eggs hatch). My question is if nothing hatches, what do I do with her? She gets very mad if her nest is moved and looks for her eggs.

 

[Josie]

I don't think you have anything to worry about. There are threads around here that talk about breaking a broody. (Though when i searched I had trouble coming up with an example.) I think in most cases a broody will give up on her own after awhile. There are rare cases when a broody will lay 'till death, so just monitor her.


Can anyone give better resources on how to break a broody?

 

[Churkenduse]

Dodgegal79

I may be wrong but this might be a good topic for Hatching, they might have more experience with hatching problems.

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[lizardz]

I have a BO that likes to go broody pretty often. What has worked for her is putting her in a cage with a wire bottom. I put some 2x4s under the cage to raise it up off the floor a bit. Put some food and water in there for her, let her out a couple of times a day to move around and poo. It usually takes her 2 - 3 days to come out of her broodiness.
Good luck.
Liz