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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: shrekfeet on April 17, 2012, 01:54:28 pm

Title: broody cage
Post by: shrekfeet on April 17, 2012, 01:54:28 pm

has anyone on here used a broody cage to break the cycle of a broody hen? Did it work? Any other ideas? I have 5 broodies at the moment and a reducing egg production!

Title: Re: broody cage
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 17, 2012, 03:21:32 pm

Need to have wire floore feed and drink 3 or 4 days sorted.you should get breeds that dont go broodey /highbreds etc.

Title: Re: broody cage
Post by: in the hills on April 17, 2012, 04:14:48 pm

Yes, had to resort to this last year as some of my peekins would probably have starved themselves rather than give up sitting  ::

We used a metal cage (small pet carrier) and popped it on some house bricks to get a flow of cold air underneath the hens. Obviously food and water as normal. It only took a few days. We did pop the cage outside in the day (shaded and covered in case of rain) and vrought in at night.