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Finally got my broody hen to give up her fake eggs
She'd been sitting on a pile of golf balls for almost a month, so I had to choose between letting her keep going or moving her to a wire-bottom cage for a few days. I went with the cage move, and after three days she's back out scratching with the flock and eating like normal. Has anyone else had a hen hold a grudge after breaking a brood?
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grayperez21d ago
I thought that was cruel until it worked for me.
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sethtorres1mo ago
Golf balls are actually a pretty common trick to break a broody hen. The wire cage method is solid, but those fake eggs are usually meant to encourage broodiness, not cause it. You just had a very determined chicken.
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