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Day: June 4, 2010

How to break a broody hen

March 24, 2022June 4, 2010 by The Garden Coop

I’ve been looking into this recently, since one of our hens, a Welsummer, is passing the typical three-week window of broodiness. Here are three of the most common methods we’ve found for breaking a hen’s broody mood: Put the hen in a small cage with a wire bottom (at least 1″ square openings) and elevate … Read more

Categories Chicken Feeding, Health, and Safety, FAQs Tags Broody, Nest Boxes 2 Comments

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