Broody Hen Chickens How to undo broodiness. Stop sitting on eggs. Does Water Work?YES! 

I learned this from my grandma almost 70 years ago. I'm practicing this even now. Nice video and very informative.

That chicken is so gorgeous and fluffy I just wanna cuddle her. LOL

My fiance said they did this to their chickens as well, and this is from a different country, so you must be on the right path! Good job!

I love how she just sits there when she could leave if she wanted to😂

You are an absolute genius! One of our chickens has been broody for 2 months and we tried EVERYTHING, did this once and its worked! MIRACLE

I tried it after my hen kept sleeping in the nesting box and preventing other hens from laying in the box for about 3 weeks. This cold water method worked immediately. All other methods failed. Thank you for your video it really worked.

Thank you for your helpful information. We used the bath technique only twice and our lovely hen is now back in the yard with her flock, looking healthy and happy again. PS Our hen totally enjoyed her bath and she was NOT stressed at all. :)

I was just thinking, it is tremendously good that you teach the young kids how to keep chickens and look after them in the way you show in this video, taking into consideration we will always need eggs and chickens

I have 2 broody hens...and my father in law said that they would dunk the hens in water to cure it when he was a kid...i thought he was messing with me...guess not

My grandmother in Cyprus had hens and my father who is now in his 60s remembers her dunking the hens in water to help them. It didn't harm them. Thank you for the video :)

We tried this putting her in some cold water for a few minutes. It worked . So glad I found this advice. Really good tip! Our chicken wasn't stressed. She just went very quiet dried off in sun and went back to her old self! Phew!

I just want to thank you for this advice. My hen has been the terror of the coop. The other hens were attacked by her when they came in to lay eggs. Today I filled a large tub with water. I let it sit for two hours then made her sit for 8 minutes. She was so mad but it worked. Thanks for this advice. My sweet hen is back.

I once had a hen that was egg bound. I used the dunking method to help resolve the problem and it worked great! Freed up the bound egg and today she is perfectly healthy and laying lots of eggs. I don't at all feel that it was "inhumane" to use the dunking method. What is inhumane is to let an animal suffer needlessly through a difficult situation without trying to help them in whatever way you possibly can. I now have a young Ancona that has recently gone broody. I will be trying this with her the first chance I get. Thanks for the upload! I found it very usefull and informative! Cheers!

I am so glad to find your video! I have a broody hen and I have removed her from the box several times. This has been going on for quite sometime. She has also pulled out all of her breast feathers. I do have fake eggs in the beatbox so, I will remove the eggs and try and put her in a bucket of water. Hope this does the trick. By the way, did you have to repeat this process?? I love your son's soccer outfit. He looks about the same age as my grandson who is 7. I am the teams coach.😳

This is great! Thanks for the video showing how calm a bird can be during this process. I've heard of a hen starving herself to death since there were no fertile eggs. Our hen has been sitting on absolutely nothing for days now and unless we carry her out, she refuses to eat. Personally this seems more humane than a few days in a wire cage waiting to cool off. Not saying that's a bad way to go either, but a quick cool off seems better. I'll give this a try today.

I tried this several times already and it really worked.

Our chicken has been Broody for about 2 weeks we done it this morning and she is back to herself thank you so much

I am considering getting some backyard chickens. I will remember this.

Willing to try anything at this point! Headed out to go try this now

2:45 of dunking cured 30+ days of brooding. Amazing! And she was unharmed.

"escapee's" that was funny

Tried this with my hen tonight, thanks!

I approve this video. Thanks you so much for this very informative about some problems with brooding hens. I lost hens in the past for not knowing what to do when she brood to her death. Thanks you so much for sharing.

Thank you for a very informative video.

Thanks very much guys - I tried the cage method and it didn't work so very keen to give this a go. She looked like she was really enjoying it so l hope our hen Mimi will feel the same. Cheers, Dianne

What a great help. My chicken was brooding and I knew there were no babies to be hatched and she would starve. She would not drink or eat. We have no roosters so all her work was in vain. I did not want her to die so I picked her up tonight and perched her with her female clan. I removed the eggs hoping she would go to the spot in the morning back to normal. Bless her heart waiting for babies in the spring. I think it was my fault not collecting the eggs as quickly as before. Several hens lay in the same spot and when this particular alpha-hen had a clutch of eggs she refused to move. Usually my Silkies were the brooders, but this hen was OCD and did not budge. It was more than I could bear (going on two weeks). Tonight, I just had to pick her up and I hugged her and put her with the other hens. I pray she will snap out of it tomorrow when she sees the eggs gone. Hens change when they brood. I was scared. It is like they go into a shut-down trance or something. I pray I acted on good merit to save her. It's as if I had to make her come back to reality so she could live.

She's a pretty hen! I love her feather pattern

You have an amazing breed of chickens🥰there gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your video, very much appreciate it! 😊😊😊

Love this idea! Going to try it!

Thank You great advice headed to the barn give it a try.

I'll have to keep this in mind Thankyou

One of my Buff Orpington hens went broody on me a few days ago. I tried the separation method, and removing her from the nest (constantly) for a couple of days. Then, I came across you and your son's 5 minute water bath; that did the trick. Ginger is back with the flock and back to her normal self. Thanks to you both.

Glad it worked for you. I will definitely try this when my next hen goes broody.

Nice tip. Thank you

We have two that have been brooding for months. Will definitely try this today! Thankyou

mad as a wet hen, i recently heard that expression. my 2 bits.

One time. Just one time into the cool water, I think she liked it, and she was broody broke! Thank you so much for the awesome trick!!

I’ve tried this with several broody hens and it’s never worked, but I haven’t done it for 3 minutes. I’m going to try tomorrow with a hen who’s constantly broody. I have broken the habit by removing from the coop for 4 to 5 days then she’s back to laying in about 2 weeks and lays just over a week and she’s broody again. She’s an arucana cross leghorn so its not that she’s a broody breed and her sisters have never been broody. She’s only 9 months old and now broody for I think the fifth time.

Thank you!

Thank u for this information. I have tried it today and it works for few hours. So plz tell how many time i have to do this to break it completely???

Thanks for that I will try it tomorrow. I am also experiencing problems with feather pecking. The sprays are not working. I plan to move the two hens that have the most feathers out of the group tonight and leaving them in a run together for a time. Do you have any advice that might also help with this problem? Many Thanks.

Thanks for the tip 👍

Nice one 👌

great idea thanks. was that just cool water?

I've also heard of putting ice bottles under them. I'm not really comfortable trying any of this right now since it's winter but maybe in a few more months when it warms up.

Like you said, although it might sound unusual, but your chicken was very calm in that water and imo she kinda liked it. Did I mention how beautiful she and your other chickens are? I love chickens so much. Thanks for the video :)

thansk for the video i hope that well help me

I am going to try this tomorrow on my little Buff Orpington. It took a little research for me to figure out what was going on with her as the little dictator isn't even sitting on one egg! As a new chicken keeper I also didn't know that a hen can go broody in the winter (or any time). All of the growling, puffing up and absolute resistance to staying off the nest is there though. Thanks for the info and I'll let you know if this worked for little hardheaded Penny!

just tried this method, seems to have worked for my chicken. Now to get her to eat!

Just did this about half an hour ago with a Maran that's been broody for close to a month. She was the last of our pullets to start laying, but quickly became one of our three best layers. I keep peeking out to check on her and she hasn't gone back to the nesting box (which is a very good sign), but is clucking at me disgustedly and preening at her feathers to try to dry them Lol! I will let you know how things progress, but thank you very much for the tip!

Thanks for the info ,chickens don't bite, lol they peck, I've not try ed this method but will try ,and good advice on getting eggs out each day ,spring makes all mine sit,it's been like pulling hens teeth ,for me ,somebody stop me,hope those sceptics didn't think you completely submerge them for 3 minutes lol some people look for a way to conflict, thanks again for info

Did you just use hose water? Needing to do this today and want to make sure if the water should be pretty cool.

I have dunked chickens in water when they are egg bound. They always relax when they are in the water.

Nice..

We did this method in the middle east too from long ago, but know this method doesn't work to some my chickens so I was searching for another method

Hello @NJRE! Thank you for the advice. I have been learning so much from this channel! We just started to raise chickens a few months ago, and I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to just have the chickens in an electric-fenced area with a few shelters and a homemade nesting area. What would be your advice?

Thanks, ours has a little less of a black cape, so we are thinking Delware.

Its cute how nice he is to his chickens

I just ran across this video. I have had broody hens in the past. Not very many, maybe 2 or 3. I have isolated them but this seems to take a while to "break" them. I was just wondering what the temperature of the water should be before placing the hen in the tub? I had also heard of putting ice in a storage bag and putting it under the hen to cool her off. I did not have any luck with that procedure!!! LOL!

i love your light Sussex's!!!!! there so cute and fluffy!!

will give that a try! I have a golden marans that's gone broody.

Thanks for the insight. I just tried this. Let's see what tomorrow morning brings. Right now, she is pecking around the pen with the others.

my hen has just finished hatching and continues being broody. is dipping it in water a good idea when the chicks reach to it for warmth

Does the method work with silkies?? I have 301 silkies and my friend has some to I want to now if it works with silkies because I have 4 that would never leave there nests I just wanted to now if you now if it will thank you!!

Greetings Sir, how long does it take before hen starts laying again after dunking?

GOOD JOB THATS THE WAY

Hi I have a broody hen thats just driving us insane now. It been a month like the one on the video and its now interferring with the laying habits of the other hens so action needs to be taken. Could i ask you, was the water just cold straight from the hose or does it need to be a certain temp? Thank you :)

Hi I’ve just seen this as I have a broody hen. Did you just dip her in the water the one time ? Or is this a process of doing this daily for a bit ? We are going on nearly 3 weeks of ours sitting on unfertilized eggs. And even with removing the eggs as fast as we can and removing her from the nesting box she continues to return. I’m hoping the water method will work for our girl !! Any feedback would be appreciated !!

What is the temperature of the water is it tap cold or lukewarm. I got a broody girl need to break her brooding

good!

Very good thanks we will do that of awer hen we keep them as free range egg layers have you got more tips of you have could you Email me thanks

I love blue laced red wyandottes. So dang pretty :)

nice chickens

I have a hen that has been broody for around 5 days or so would like to try the water bath what temp should the water be?

This is is what my grandmother used to to back in the day's ..

you have the most beautiful chickens in the world

mine have been broody for 2 months. gonna try this

I have a broody hen and I’m gonna try this. It’s been about a month here too and I’ve tried just about everything else lol

Do you dunk them in in cooler or warmer water?

I laughed so much - for some reason I find it sad yet funny.

Did you put ice in the water or just cool hose water?

how many times did you have to put them in water? I have 2 broody reds. Since I have a couple roosters I'm letting one sit on 6 eggs to see if they'll hatch. But one broody hen is enough

must try this tomorrow!

hi there...i bought new chiks 40 chicks 20 roosters (roosters for free) one month old all of them now.. when im going to put them with the adults chickens? lot of people say two months old its the best age. can u tell me ur opinion pls?

How long did you keep hen in the water? Warm water or what temp water? Did she snap outta it instantly?

This relaxed hen of yours is huge. It's about 4 times bigger than my 998 gram Pekin rooster.

I think if it works from what i saw no harm came to the Chicken, And if it works that is what you do or have chicken for dinner from where i grew up. Good job thank you for the video.

Did you just use straight cold water from an outside faucet? Thanks

Will i like it

gosh that is a big chicken. In the Army, they have a survival class that really sucks!!! but people love it, covet it, and are proud they made it after the fact. I did it in the winter and to feed us, they allowed us one chicken, one rabbit to kill, clean, cook, and eat. They takes on new dimensions with all the pole in your team are used to fast food, or grocery stove chicken (non with anything to do with rabbits, but pet them) Gosh, that night sucked.. but we ate, but thank goodness for butchers, food processing, and the delivery mechanism of the foam little cartons chicken comes in at the stores.

Ave got 3 hens. 1 went broody abt 4 days ago. No eggs underneath her. Just sitting their. Sits where they all lay their eggs. When 1 take her our the hut, 1 other hen keeps pecking her. Never been lke tht until she went broody. Any advice? All Try tht cold water the mrn tho to see if it helps

I sprayed my broody hen with the cold hose several times a day, in her own cage. Otherwise, she wouldn't eat or sleep for months! She did this every single year I had her. Also, it's not cruel if it's in the Summer months and warm out. I give my hens baths twice a year !

Nice chicken

u remind me my adopted mom used to do that too when i was about 8 year old n it seem knew what we tried to do n sit down still n let her get hen put in water but i forgot why she did it for. may be thats what's for.

Once the bird is calm then you can put less pressure on the wings while holding it. This method however doesn't work with all hens as some may go back to brooding after being put in water, or sometimes it may work slowly if you keep doing this every day but how this works as I do have chickens that have gone broody depends on the breed or the individual bird.

My grandmother taught me this God Rest her soul, about 30 years ago I recommend it to people all the time hey, I have a rain thing that catches water and I usually do it in the early morning when the water is at the coolest especially in the summer months. Of course right now I have a Broody Leghorn and a Broody red sex links go figure the two most uncommon Broody hen period And I haven't had a Broody in 10 years so far it's worked on the Leghorn what's a red Sex Link is groovy really hard especially this week so I started giving her the cold water bath her a couple days ago.

yup that's the way . even back here in rular Nepal we have been doing this to the brooding hens. we put them in water and cover it with net basket . and let them sit for few minutes.

Thanks, we're going to try this. One hen has been broody for 2 and a half months! We've tried putting frozen bottles and blue freezer bricks under her. No effect.

I have a question we have a buddy hen my self but somehow she keeps breaking the eggs I'm trying to find a way to prevent it but I need some advice she had ten eggs when she began and now she only has five...HELP!!!

What temp water?