Help ..... broody chooks

[SueJen]

Have 4 sussex chooks only 12 months old, have been laying for approx 3 months.  3 of them have gone broody. Do I get rid of them and buy isa browns or is there anything I can do? Had the chooks from chickens so cant chop their heads off.

I refuse to buy eggs, store bought yolks are so pale and have had to stop making curd. Thats really sad as I have only 1 bottle left.

[maddy]

Just take the eggs out from under them....as long as they haven't already been sitting too long....eek...talk about a kinder surprise  then 

[goldfish]

That's what I did when one of ours went broody - had to be awfully persistent though . .

 ... this might help with some other ideas . .  http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/how-to-stop-broody-hen-from-staying.html

[obbie]

our kids just tickle them, gets the chickens up and going..

[SueJen]

Can I borrow your kids Obbie

[obbie]

sure Suejen, we have 10 chickens, and get heaps of eggs every day. our kids love them, my DS carrys them around.

[achookwoman]

Buy some Isa Browns. 
Love the look of light Sussex,  beautiful.   See if you can buy some fertilized  eggs,  or get some from someone with a rooster,  and stick these under the clucky chooks.

[SueJen]

Can get fertilized eggs but they are the same sussex, so will do that and will just buy some isa browns. Thanks Chookie.

Maddy have been taking eggs out each night so should be OK.

[Amanda]

We've got a flock of 11 hens & one rooster. 
We just take all the eggs every day - that sorts them out eventually.

[achookwoman]

I love having chickens,  problem is that 1/2 are usually roosters.  Don't like cutting the heads off.

[dede]

We have 2 clucky chooks at the moment, they are both sitting on 3 fertile eggs each, we only wanted one hen sitting on the 6 eggs but the other one stole 3 eggs and won't give them up lol.
Oh we'll hopefully we get at least 3 hens from the chickens.
I have heard that putting a clucky chook in a cage and hanging it up so the cool breeze blows around them will stop them being clucky.
We usually just keep taking the eggs and wait until they stop being clucky on their own, until this year when we decided to let her sit.
  I love the Isa browns but unfortunately they are only good layers for a short time.

[achookwoman]

Dede,  Our Isa Browns lay an egg a day for 12 months,  and then in the second year 5 out of the 7 we have will lay an egg a day.  In the third year,  we will get 3 eggs a day from our 7 chooks.

[SueJen]

Isa Browns the best way to go I think

[dede]

Dede,  Our Isa Browns lay an egg a day for 12 months,  and then in the second year 5 out of the 7 we have will lay an egg a day.  In the third year,  we will get 3 eggs a day from our 7 chooks.

We had Isa browns, the kids loved them because they are so easy to pick up because they squat when you go near them. Ours were great layers for the first two years then they slowed down quiet a lot. We have barneveldas now. So far they still lay an egg a day each. One of the clucky chooks is a bantam and the other one I'm not sure.