The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Stubborn Hens - Help!          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc Author Message Clucky Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2149 Location: Shropshire Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:59 am    Post subject: Stubborn Hens - Help! As some will know Satan has gone broody and my experiment of putting some chicks under her failed, so I am now trying to break the broodiness. Well, Hattie the Orp is now broody too. During the day they both spend it outside on a raised wire floor (about 2 inches) with access to food and water obviously, but every night, they go back into their respective coops. It isn't working Any ideas. I am not here during the day so it has to be something where I can leave them while I am at work Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1316 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:22 am    Post subject: I think you need to leave her in there at night too, otherwise she wll just go back to the nest. Itsybitsy Back to top mojo Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 9851 Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:03 am    Post subject: the cool air at night is what usually de broodys Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10703 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:43 pm    Post subject: Oh yes, day and night.....for 3 days, then she should be broken Back to top Clucky Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2149 Location: Shropshire Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:55 pm    Post subject: Brrrrrr, OK I will Thank you Back to top Pekinout Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 437 Location: Cornwall Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:33 am    Post subject: Never heard of leaving a broody outside at night to break the broodiness, must be a new trend??? Put some scrunched up chicken wire in the nest she's been sitting on and it'll soon break her broodiness. Back to top Clucky Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2149 Location: Shropshire Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:24 pm    Post subject: Pekinout wrote: Never heard of leaving a broody outside at night to break the broodiness, must be a new trend??? Put some scrunched up chicken wire in the nest she's been sitting on and it'll soon break her broodiness. It doesnt look like it would work for Satan, Pekinout. She is so stubborn she is still broody outside sitting on a tiny bit of grass poking through the wire flooring that she can get to, cover that and she moves somewhere else....determined is not the word. On the other hand Hattie the Orp after one night in the cold, laid an egg today, but I will keep her out for a bit longer to make sure she doesn't change her mind...and the weather is so good at the moment too Back to top Henwife Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 2697 Location: Monmouthshire Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:11 pm    Post subject: Hardly new - I can remember my parents leaving broodies in a 'sin bin' for two or three 24 hour days on the trot to break them - and I'm nearer to 70 than 60. Back to top Welsh Duck Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 1665 Location: Herefordshire/Welsh Border Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:42 pm    Post subject: I know of a old breeder who had wire cages bolted high up in the air on the outside of sheds in which he put in broodies to break them , they were exposed to all the elements day and night, not sure whether I could do that myself tho. Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10703 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:12 am    Post subject: I learned this technique from two forum oldies....Mojo and Stamina...now they're ancient , so not a new trend as far as I am aware Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group