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Chicken Expert Question #7194367
02/24/21 11:36 AM
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Got a batch of birds....started laying last October. Got 10 in a nice coop. I’ve had chickens for 20 years prior....but Nevah had a Broody Chicksn before. This thing will sit on the nest ,with no eggs under her...won’t go out ,when the door is opened. We have taken her out of the nest and moved her up and down to wake her up....then she joins the rest of them for a while....then it’s the same thing all ovah again. Any suggestions? Thanks .


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194369
02/24/21 11:39 AM
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Brine solution and a 350 degree oven should cure her.

Seriously, not sure what to do. I do know some breeds are more prone to broodiness than others.

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194373
02/24/21 11:41 AM
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Give her some eggs to hatch out.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194376
02/24/21 11:46 AM
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I just keep taking the eggs and take her out of the nest. The last one only took about a week and she gave up on it.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194379
02/24/21 11:48 AM
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You can isolate them and break them of their broodiness. We’ve successfully done it several times.


Eh...wot?

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194382
02/24/21 11:51 AM
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Soup time, Nessie!

Disclaimer: I have never owned nor raised a chicken in my life, so no chickens were killed nor injured in development of this opinion.

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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194387
02/24/21 11:56 AM
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Well, I can tell you the mean trick we pulled on a broody hen once. We ran over a pheasant nest in a field and put the surviving eggs under her. She hatched out about 8 ringneck chicks that from day one they did not pay any attention to her clucking at all and just did whatever they wanted.

I think she needed a chicken psychiatrist.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194410
02/24/21 12:16 PM
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Segregate her in a wire bottomed cage, no roost, in a cool area. The idea to to break the brood heat.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194414
02/24/21 12:18 PM
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So long as you have a rooster to fertilize the eggs always nice to have one sitting.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194415
02/24/21 12:18 PM
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I do nothing and take the eggs they get over it.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194417
02/24/21 12:21 PM
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No need to make it harder than it has to be. Like some others mentioned, just keep taking the eggs. She'll get over it eventually.

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: warrior] #7194436
02/24/21 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by warrior
Segregate her in a wire bottomed cage, no roost, in a cool area. The idea to to break the brood heat.


Had to do this with two different hens last summer. Worked fine. Actually used a metal bottomed dog kennel.

Last edited by amspoker; 02/24/21 12:47 PM.

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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: warrior] #7194460
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Originally Posted by warrior
Segregate her in a wire bottomed cage, no roost, in a cool area. The idea to to break the brood heat.


This is what we do with ours. If you leaver her with anything that resembles a nest she will continue to sit, sometimes for weeks.

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194473
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Yep, we use an old rabbit hutch (wire bottom) to segregate and cool them off.


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194479
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Before you start talking segregation...........what color is the chicken?


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Gary Benson] #7194489
02/24/21 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary Benson
Before you start talking segregation...........what color is the chicken?

Sounds like it's going to be golden brown grin


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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194506
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2 things have worked for me. 1) The one I've had the most success with is to dunk the chicken in a bucket of water (weather permitting, I do this in the summer). This rapidly cools the body temp. A few times a day for 2-3 days will do the trick. Same idea of putting the chicken in a wire bottom cage-this creates air flow around the bird thus cooling the body temp. 2) Give them some eggs to hatch.

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194522
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Let her hatch out some chicks. Its always nice to have a hen do all the work for you. No worrying about incubators or the post office killing your chicks. Food and water and she will do the rest.

If you need some fertilized eggs I can send you a dozen free of charge. My chickens are all mutts which makes it kind of interesting seeing how the chicks turn out.

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Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Nessmuck] #7194523
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Putting her in a wire bottomed cage will likely work. From a prepper perspective, having a hen that will brood and care for chicks is very useful if things go bad.

Keith

Re: Chicken Expert Question [Re: Michigander] #7194526
02/24/21 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Michigander
Let her hatch out some chicks. Its always nice to have a hen do all the work for you. No worrying about incubators or the post office killing your chicks. Food and water and she will do the rest.

Love doing that.


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