One of our hens has been broody for the last two months, nothing we've tried has worked - isolation, cooling (freezer icepacks under her) - nothing. She's got it bad, she's even been known to sit on a strawberry!
It's been suggested that we get some day old chicks and let her raise them, a friend of ours wants some so it's a workable plan. Someone else suggested that, because she's been broody for so long, she would most likely kill the chicks, which would be horrible.
Any advice? Any ideas? I don't mind her not laying and being broody, but she's not eating properly and I'm worried she'll starve herself to death. We've got three birds, all about a year old, the other two have been broody but only for a few days at a time.
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Broody hen - what to do?
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DynoDad · 30/07/2012 18:02
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