I just keep putting her out of the hen house and I think she actually gets a little bit of food and water and then goes back to the nest. There are all kinds of remedies posted on the Internet, but I am not a full time chicken raiser, so I will just do what I can. I have had brooders in the past, and they eventually get over it, so I expect this one to do so as well.
As advertised, today was a day of working around the house. Got LOTS of stuff done, including cutting grass and getting cattle fed and chicken coop cleaned. I think the cattle are a lot happier with their diminished numbers. It was a lot easier to feed them this morning. I need to get buy some more gate panels, there were some casualties last week in the big MOOVE!
I would really not be surprised to open something up and find a snake somewhere or under something. I check the meters every day, and this is the second or third time I have found a frog in the water meter box. I am not at all surprised to find them in there, but the puzzlement is how do they get out? No corpses, so I expect they have a way out. Who knows?Another week begins tomorrow, and it is expected to have its' ups and downs. Mostly ups.
Deeds, Actions, Changes, FROGS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
I have written a very detailed blog post about broody hens which you can find by clicking on the link. You are right, there are lots of suggestions about how to break a broody hen. It seems to me that when a hen becomes broody, their body temperature rises and so the most effective way of ending that broodiness is by lowering the body temperature. The Ultimate Guide to Broody Hens
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