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advice for dealing with a broody chicken

4 replies

queenrollo · 17/05/2021 07:54

I've had chickens for years but this is the first time I have ever had one go broody.
We have no cockerel so she's on a hiding to nothing!
I turfed her out of the nesting box yesterday to clean the coop out and ten minutes later she was fighting with another one of my girls (who frankly is a bully anyway). As soon as the coop was ready she was back in there.
At the moment I just keep removing the eggs from under her. This has been going on for about 5 days now.

Any tips for navigating this would be most welcome. At the moment if I don't remove her once a day she isn't coming out herself to eat and drink.

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CMOTDibbler · 17/05/2021 08:03

I have a run that I put up for broodies to be sin binned in. They don't have access to the coop from there (just get put in at night) and they soon stop if there are no eggs to sit on and they can only sit on the grass.

Motherof3dogs · 17/05/2021 08:16

@CMOTDibbler

Ditto or a cat carrier\rabbit cage. Stand it on bricks with no bedding so that the air circulates under her to cool her down. Put food and water in and leave her in for 3 days/nights, sounds mean but it does work! Tbh I just hoick the broody out of the nest box everyday and remove eggs, they usually give up - I have quite a few bantams who spend months being broody Grin

StillWeRise · 22/05/2021 23:10

we used a hamster cage turned upside down, so the solid base formed a waterproof 'roof' and the hen had to stand on the a wire base, raised off the ground by bricks. Put her away at night. Worked after a few days.

BonnyandPoppy · 22/05/2021 23:12

I just leave mine to it and turf them off the nest twice a day to eat, drink and poop. After a while they give up.

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