[joyfull]

my current two are into week two of sitting on nothing, sometimes I have had them broody for 3 weeks.

[mrs chook]

Dorothy has been broody for 2 1/2 weeks. she worries me. we have nowhere to put a broody cage & have been using the tough love (kicking her out the nesting box) Her comb has shrunk alittle , sheis eating & drinking a small amount & her poo looks normal+ although small 

[joyfull]

the normal sitting for a broody hen on eggs is around 21 days so just continue chucking her out a couple of times a day then after 3 weeks she will come out of it 

[samuria]

i gave my 3 the water trick   
2 of them were back to normal the next day
the other has had two cold baths and
shut out of the coop.....
but still she goes back to the nest box when i open it 
what more can i do

[pepsi100]

I'd let her get on with it, just sling her out whenever you go and see her

If she is healthy, eating and you dont need the nest box, leave her, I think she will get the message some time

I got one that sits on anyone's eggs, when I take them, she leaves the box

[Springlands]

I'd let her get on with it, just sling her out whenever you go and see her

If she is healthy, eating and you dont need the nest box, leave her, I think she will get the message some time

I got one that sits on anyone's eggs, when I take them, she leaves the box

That is what I do with mine - they seem to be taking turns to be broody as present. 

[nerdle]

Mine too.  It seems kinder to let then be broody for a while. 

[joyfull]

my two have just come out of their broodiness today - it took 2 and a half weeks

[pepsi100]

That is about right, I dont think they go off being broody, just get fed up staring into space 

[mrs chook]

Dorothy is still broody. 3.5 weeks. Hope she snaps out of it soon. We're going away soon& can't expect the neighbour to keep chucking her out :-(

[nerdle]

Two of my three are in there now - one roams the garden alone....

[sussexchook]

What is the air and shove method?

[sussexchook]

What is the shut and shove method please?

[pepsi100]

Never heard of it, did Google turn up anything ?

[joyfull]

I assumed it was shut the coop door after shoving them out