foreveryoung Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 what is with this hen, she is always broody admittedly she hasnt been for about a year now but a year age she was broody on and off (regurally on) for at least 6 months. ive put a wet sponge in, ive duncked her in water, the only thing i havent tried is the "broody box" but i dont have one nor am sure about them. any surrgestions as i have five other girls who use the nesting box too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Broody cages do work. If she is persisting like this, why not beg steal or borrow a dog crate from someone if you can. Have you tried putting a frozen blue ice block in the nesting box,? I found this worked well, but I did have to change it every 4 hours or so for a couple of days. Are you turfing her out of the nesting box and closing the Eglu door when everyone else has laid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Broody cages do work. If she is persisting like this, why not beg steal or borrow a dog crate from someone if you can. Have you tried putting a frozen blue ice block in the nesting box,? I found this worked well, but I did have to change it every 4 hours or so for a couple of days. Are you turfing her out of the nesting box and closing the Eglu door when everyone else has laid? their in a cube but with 5 others, im turfing her out as often as i can tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
