Broody Hen Help!

Morrigan · Wednesday at 2:33 PM

aart said:
This^^^
Might take a longer or shorter time since she's been setting for 3 weeks already.

My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire(1x2) on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

After 48 hours I let her out of crate very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate for another 48 hours.

Tho not necessary a chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor, gives the feet a break from the wire floor and encourages roosting.
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Off -topic, but I love your feeding/watering set up. Is the feeder screw-on something you bought off the shelf? I assume the watering head is just a screw in?

aart · Wednesday at 3:52 PM

Morrigan said:
Off -topic, but I love your feeding/watering set up. Is the feeder screw-on something you bought off the shelf? I assume the watering head is just a screw in?

Waterer is explained here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...nipple-waterer-for-wire-crates-by-aart.72704/

Feeder is actually a waterer from Strombergs that snaps onto a liter bottle.
Lousy waterer but I opened up the slot so it works great for crumble feed.

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