Re: Broody hens
[Re: k snow]
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08/19/22 08:49 AM
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The idea is to lower their body temp. Hanging them in a cage will work, as the air circulation will lower their body temp. As does dunking them in a bucket of cold water, my preferred method. A more passive way of breaking them is to constantly remove them from the nest or limit access to the nest. I'm interested in the dunking method. How cold is the water, how deep do you dunk them and how long? Are we talking ice bath here? Or just float them like a duck in a tub of well water. Thanks. Sharon isn't going to like this idea either. Just saying........
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Re: Broody hens
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08/19/22 09:47 AM
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We use a 5 gal bucket of cold water. No ice or anything like that. Just a dunk (not over their head) a few times. My girls don't really struggle, and when it s 110* outside, its almost like they look forward to it. I'll set them down, and they'll shake off. I want to get my broody hens back into production ASAP. So, I use this method as its been the one with the quickest results. Thanks, That's my goal too, I'd like to get them back to laying sooner rather than later.
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Re: Broody hens
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08/19/22 04:22 PM
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Any issues or ways to reduce the violence when putting the hens back in after isolation? I had a sick one earlier this year I isolated and nursed back, and the flock killed her the first day she was back in. Put the isolation cage in the coop. They'll be visible in there all of the time and they won't be seen as an outsider when returned to the roost. FWIW- I see broody hens as an opportunity to hatch out some chicks that I don't have to introduce to the flock nor run a heat lamp. I have two heritage RIR sitting on eggs right now.
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Re: Broody hens
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08/19/22 06:08 PM
08/19/22 06:08 PM
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The idea is to lower their body temp. Hanging them in a cage will work, as the air circulation will lower their body temp. As does dunking them in a bucket of cold water, my preferred method. A more passive way of breaking them is to constantly remove them from the nest or limit access to the nest. Wonder if that's where the saying "madder than a wet hen" came from
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