How can a broody hen be prevented from sitting? Print E-mail

Answer:

Confine her in a small pen or coop with a vigorous male bird for a day or two.

Place her in a coop with a slatted bottom and raised off the ground, feeding largely green food and giving an ample supply of cool fresh water to drink.

If the coop can be arranged to swing back and forth a few minutes occasionally, it would be better.