My chicken is a criminal…

[@SilentStorm54722]

For anyone who doesn't understand, a hen can starve herself to death waiting for eggs to hatch.. be removing her from the equation for a few days, she'll " reset " and be normal again.

[@darthimperious1594]

So many birds in the world are highly intelligent. Chickens are not one of them.

[@FreakMeat74]

@@darthimperious1594 This is hormonal/chemical behavior, it has little to do with intelligence. Domesticated chickens are bred to be egg factories and there are consequences from this.

[@TheHunt99]

​@@darthimperious1594as someone who helped raise chickens for a few years i can confirm that they take the term "bird brain" literally.

[@ravenpaw6393]

I’ve had chickens for years and most of my chickens would sometimes leave the nest if she was roosting for a few minutes to eat while another hen would sit on them 😅

[@LosOjosTristes]

@@darthimperious1594 They don''t need to be when humans will take care of most things for them lol

[@JohnBoman-vv8ld]

Bros got an entire civilization on his backyard.

[@antares_m20]

@DOUBLE TROUBLE hard to read?

[@fifty725]

​@DOUBLE TROUBLE and? why u question what he wrote? u can read again.

[@antares_m20]

@DOUBLE TROUBLE "there is not a lot of animal" its called a joke fam.

[@adrianriverapr6288]

@DOUBLE TROUBLE 😐

[@patootie3529]

​@DOUBLE TROUBLE I don't think you have dyslexia

[@JaronWizard]

"My chicken has comitted a crime" *Oil frying noise intensifies*

[@doggoman5457]

LOL

[@thesilentmaster2022]

Good one ngl

[@AutumnWoodham]

That one guy from Avatar: Looks like it's boiled in oil.

[@alfyanrauf6616]

Your chicken has commited a crime, what say you in your defense?

[@_nob0dy_297]

Lol

[@emilyfarley1525]

Ive had a broody hen for months, and i finally got some fertilized eggs for her to sit on. Fingers crossed that in a few weeks she'll have the family shes been wanting ❤ update: she talks to the eggs. It's so sweet, she's going to be such a great momma.

[@YoSpongebob]

Awwwwh… how long does it take for fertilized eggs to hatch

[@emilyfarley1525]

@YoSpongebob it takes three weeks! She now has two baby chicks 😊 Sadly, four were born premature and didn't make it. But her babies are healthy and very cute, I named them Cali and Wednesday (if either turn out to be males it'll be Calvin and Gomez).

[@TheCandiceWang]

🐔❤

[@heatherk8931]

​@@emilyfarley1525how could they hatch prematurely? They hatch when they're ready to. Day 18-26, But, I did just have 3 hatch, 1st did very well for 2.5 weeks till a cat raided my hen house; the other two were out but I think go smothered. Very sad all around. 😢

[@emilyfarley1525]

@heatherk8931 chicks should be hatching around day 20 or 21. If they hatch before that (mine hatched day 18) they might not be ready, because while it may only be a couple days, for baby chicks that's a significant amount of growing time that they need. The four that hatched on day 18 died pretty fast while they were pecking themselves out. A couple still had their imbilicle cord attached, and one didn't even filly get out of the egg before it died of exhaustion I'm assuming. Hatching takes a lot of effort, and even chicks born full term can die from the exhaustion of it, sadly.

[@demonicaunderworld7498]

I hope everyone realizes that he isn't actually punishing her, just separating her from the nest, which i'm pretty sure is a normal thing. Edit: i don't know ANYTHING about chickens so take it with a grain of salt

[@The_Lightning_Dragon]

​@@bonk5664it is, the bird will near kill its self waiting for the eggs to hatch, but since that will never happen she goes without and can die.

[@dontknowwhattoputhere2011]

​@@The_Lightning_Dragon thats not true,i have chickens. They stop being broody after a few days or weeks. This is just broody breaking, they get off the nest to eat and drink. If you keep taking they're eggs they will stop.

[@The_Lightning_Dragon]

@@dontknowwhattoputhere2011 I was talking about if you don't take the eggs, I also have chickens and ducks and that's they've became extremely unhealthy when you don't take the eggs. They get up to get a little bit of water and food and go back to sit on bad eggs for hours; also the lack of sunlight hurts them.

[@galactica1419]

Let me seperate you from your house and family 🤣☠️

[@candicebruney9040]

Yeah this is very normal. We have a "time out" pen we have for our hens who go broody on occasion

[@121homestead9]

At this time, I have 4 broody hens, 2 broody ducks, and a broody mother goose…..3 chicks were born and everyone got jealous and decided they wanted their own….

[@Ms.NoNo2]

I love feminine energy so much. Always wanting to prosper and create.

[@wolfyngrey1313]

Oh the barn yard gossip I love it 😂 just wait next thing we know someone is gonna pop out a mule and have some explaining to do. ‘Barns of our lives’, ‘As the hay bale turns’ 😂

[@121homestead9]

@@wolfyngrey1313 love it…..you should hear my hens telling me about their adventures or disagreements every morning when I let everyone out of their coops

[@cynthiajose7787]

Lol we need more of this gossip!!

[@dragonarchive7443]

And a partridge in a pear tree

[@Sparky_Heckert]

Just for anyone, wondering you’re supposed to take your hen and separate them if they crack an egg or else they will start cracking tons of eggs, including fertile ones, and all the chickens will start eating your eggs and you won’t get any more eggs so you’re giving them a time out so they won’t crack eggs but this guy could give his hen someone else’s eggs to hatch and she would probably hatch them but if she’s cracking eggs, you probably don’t want her near them but you also don’t want her depressed for not being able to hatch eggs ❤❤❤

[@MoonCake-xh8ge]

This happened with one of our chickens and it ended up breaking most of the eggs before we realized what was happening,so glad l learned about this

[@Sparky_Heckert]

@@MoonCake-xh8ge yeah because when it breaks one and eats it then all the other chickens are like how does that taste? they come over and try it and then they be breaking their own and next thing you know you don’t have any eggs lol even chickens can’t deny their eggs taste good 💀😂

[@Sparky_Heckert]

@@MoonCake-xh8ge also, did you learn about it from this video or did you figure it out a while ago? (Just curious)

[@MoonCake-xh8ge]

@@Sparky_Heckert l just discovered this today and told my family and they were quite surprised, am glad l saw this video today cause it will be of future help 🙏

[@Sparky_Heckert]

@@MoonCake-xh8ge that’s good 😊 I’m glad you found out

[@sanchittandon9196]

the chicken demands a trial by combat...

[@Zerod_Out]

I now need a book about chicken laws to become a chicken lawyer Edit: look ma! I'm famous!

[@lemig-3179]

"Hi, I'm Saul Cluckman. Did you know that you have rights? Constitution says you do and so do I"

[@suburbangardenpermaculture3117]

Bird Law aint no joke, y'all

[@dennismaldonado201]

Are you not well versed in bird law?

[@Zerod_Out]

@@dennismaldonado201 not enough

[@proffesordickfacejr.4886]

instead of dong dong.... it'll be bacuaw bacuaw..... for you know law and order criminal intent lol

[@weasel1822]

Sir, you’ve committed a crime just by naming your chicken BUTTER Edit: I have a cat named Cream Cheese Edit Edit: Cream Cheese has passed away… such a cool cat. I’m so gonna miss her.

[@Oudia777]

Butter chicken😅

[@sirkelendor5429]

Ive had "extra crispy" "original" "fried" "marsala" "marinara" and probably a few others named like that

[@Ventis_right_ball]

I'd name it KFC and then feed it KFC nuggies

[@Ventis_right_ball]

Sue me .

[@Always100AlwaysStrong]

Better than “Popeye.”

[@sofeanix]

She was like "What did I even do?😧, I'm just trying to be a good mother 😢"

[@akshay9602]

Why are people so emotional in comment section like they have never eaten chicken? Nice hypocrisy

[@noorashiraz9046]

Those are infertilized eggs lol, there's nothing in it to mother in the first place.

[@yeahright9392]

These two replies are some of the most rational opinions I've heard in a long time

[@Duda_MECR_]

She did break one egg tho...

[@uselessnesss6782]

@@akshay9602 feeling sympathetic towards random things is part of the human experience

[@loduke3905]

I always laugh when people say, "I don't eat eggs because I don't eat baby chickens" 🤦🏼‍♀️ I'm like yoooo that's not how it works, bud.

[@AshrafAnam]

They don't understand fertilization

[@Shimmypufulet]

Same

[@marley7659]

I mean its kind of like that since tons of baby chicks are killed in the egg industry. Even the homestead farmers who purchase chicks from a hatchery are responsible. Hatcheries routinely kill every male as soon as they are born.

[@zacherybutter7349]

It’s more like a chicken period

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

Maybe they feel uncertain of the egg's origin. If they don't know whether a rooster had been with the hen, then they don't know if the egg is fertilized or not.

[@thoughtslyer4849]

The last sentence: "She'll be back to a productive member of our flock" gave me vibes of a chickens civilization dystopia so bad

[@mochamatcha3]

Same I know that’s not what he’s doing but still

[@fabulousxtina]

Yes im glad you're made aware to the modern-day slavery the Elitists pushed onto us.

[@sagesstuff4761]

literally exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@Justthetip90]

You don’t need a rooster to hatch eggs

[@mroinky29]

chicken run

[@guild79s]

Get that chicken a lawyer.

[@asahall1904]

ON IT!!! How good of a lawyer do u want?

[@rasik166]

​@@asahall1904Saul....We better call saul...

[@asahall1904]

@@rasik166 Got it!

[@Napalm_Candy]

I bet LegalEagle here on KZbin would help!

[@asahall1904]

@@Napalm_Candy if only we could get ahold of him.....

[@mszbaybehkay]

It’s common for broody hens to not want to eat or drink water because they are so committed to hatching their eggs. But you have to make sure she is looking after herself too! 🐓🐣

[@TheCandiceWang]

So many female mama birds die this way 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 Other bird species so committed to laying a clutch and wanting the babies, that they get themselves unhealthy 💔

[@suntun1786]

​@@TheCandiceWang§^

[@suntun1786]

​@@TheCandiceWang ONe

[@Naldo4shaw]

@@TheCandiceWang yeah all the bird mommies and daddies that have to raise their children. Absolutely tough. I know if I was them I wouldn’t be doing all that. 😅 w birds

[@ghastlygavin]

That's actually kinda sad

[@spacecat3198]

As someone who lived with her parents who owned chickms I understand exactly why he did this. Broody hens are stubborn as heck. On the other end we also had that chicken who'd not care, even laid an egg running for treats once.

[@nickdaveNDM]

She's still exceedingly friendly for a broody hen. Any of my chickens that went broody, when you moved them you got bitten hard and a fair amount lol

[@samjam77]

Eggceedingly*

[@thunderbird1921]

Buff Orpingtons are known for being gentle in many cases. A lot of folks with kids get them because they usually won't get mad and bite/peck if they're hugged or picked up. My family considered buying a pair of young Buff Orpington hens once, but our landlord likely wasn't going to allow it and we had to abandon the idea (my mom just loved how fluffy and beautiful their feathers were).

[@ladeene06]

Ya...they get very growly...even the sweetest of them. 🤣 I think its because they're most of the time kind of snoozing and getting woken up they're just grumpy/ groggy. Not all though. Just like they're personality...they are all different. Chickens are so cool. I really regret not getting chickens sooner. They have become a wonderful addition to our lives. I cannot promote them enough.

[@luigiplayer1547]

I used to have about 60 chickens and I can assure you that finding broken eggs is never a good sign, if you found broken eggs next to a chicken try fedding them more because the chickens can get so hungry that they start eating their eggs and then after a bit of time they never stop even if they are well feed Hope this advice helped

[@tiegrsidesignsandstudio4794]

They will also eat eggs if they get too thirsty. They can be broken of it even if they've been doing it for a while but you have to collect eggs as soon as they are laid for a couple of weeks and make sure there's lots of treats and food around for them. I've inherited a few that were egg eaters; never yet had one that kept doing it after a week or two of removing eggs post haste.

[@connie-zm8ws]

They need grit

[@dinothechicken]

Not the chicken commited a crime , YOU DID BY HAVING 60 CHICKENS

[@voidishprattles4319]

​@@dinothechicken Shut up oml 🤦

[@Panzeh]

​@@dinothechicken have you ever gone to a farm dude

[@lejardinierjardine8518]

That moment Jacques hands over the jail is epic 😂

[@yeranep9443]

Maybe you need to be in prison and rot there

[@Coco-xw3wp]

Yep... thats the European way! Coop to prison pipeline!! That should fix it...

[@mercycrowe4384]

For those who are confused, a Trudy chicken will do anything to have babies, sometimes they won't even take care of themselves. So the only choice is to put it in a cage t make them unconftorable, and stop. So he saved Butter, it was what was best for her.

[@Shimmypufulet]

Yea

[@algrant5293]

🐔🐔🐔 "oh hey Butter, we just came to visit you, missing you girl, see you back out soon." 🐔"Butter, are you going to eat all that seed yourself?"

[@CharlieApples]

Bitch what do you think? This seed is all I got in here

[@suppressedchicken]

Facts

[@dawnybaby5200]

She would be able to get out of chicken jail in 2 days if you put the cage on bricks for good airflow. She is broody because her body temperature has risen and has caused her hormones to go into baby hatching mode. Once her body temp drops back down to normal (the reason to raise the cage off the ground) her hormones will go back to normal. You can gently spray her underside with the garden hose which speeds up the body temp drop. Also if you ever have 2 hens go broody they each need their own cage. Otherwise they will huddle up and they will stay broody. I have a couple repeat offenders that seem to run hot alot 😂

[@scoper7897]

what in the tarnation. chickens are weird

[@tylerdurden9896]

Thanks, thats some good info

[@suzbone]

I keep meat/egg birds and can verify this is all correct!

[@Naomi_best_]

​@@scoper7897 You do not pass the vibe check dude.

[@scoper7897]

@@Naomi_best_ how come??

[@jenniferrue7929]

My favorite thing to do with broody hens is to graft day old chicks onto them at night. They wake up thinking they hatched their eggs, then immediately switch to mother hen mode. I have two chickens that go broody every year, and I have successfully gotten them to adopt 8 chicks that are now productive members of my flock. You can only do this if they’ve proven that they’re committed and sat on the nest for at least 2 weeks.

[@beaugibson2951]

I've done it with hens that have sat on the nest for less than a week but generally speaking the longer the better, I had a welsummer reject some and waited another week and she accepted. I think breed plays a part as well, I can put chicks under a 1 week broody buff or colombian but a welsummer 2-3 weeks, I even put turkeys under a buff and she raised them😂

[@jenniferrue7929]

@@beaugibson2951 - turkeys! How fun! My best brooders are Barnevelders. Give them a little extra hot sunshine and an uncollected egg, and they instantly switch to broody mode.

[@Jaggyuar]

Sneaky

[@graceprais9814]

She got punished for having motherly instincts

[@IKnowEverythingButMyIdentity]

Not exactly. If she stayed broody, she could make herself sick because she probably wouldn't even leave the nest to eat or drink. The cage allows for airflow to cool her down, which can help with broodiness. It's for her own good.

[@jamesadams2278]

She was a good girl who always went to church, and gave to the homeless. She doesn’t deserve jail.

[@604dinoboy4]

Until you realize she ate the church and the homeless

[@GreatestMinecraftPlayer]

If she does remove the connection she will starve herself to death

[@mercycrowe4384]

Its for the best, Trudy chickens will kill themselves if some one doesn't take them into a cage. :)

[@mick3y966]

I remember my little sister was hanging out with the chickens and she came inside to announce that we had a "brutal hen"

[@phincampbell1886]

"your Rhode Island red, sir, is frankly uncouth...!"

[@nictnt8197]

Raising the prison cell up off the ground can help. Having air under them, it helps with the broodyness.

[@Jesusiscoming24]

Did you see the bottom of the cage the metal is spread to wide to lift the cage

[@JmMateo933]

Ok

[@EmulatorGamer64Yt]

Guys that's my bunny cell he loves it

[@scepticalhyenas5750]

All chickens commit crimes. Some just hide it better than others.

[@cumunist2120]

the most common chicken crime is a toss up between rape and food stealing

[@jamiejones8508]

Haha! We call ours the “Cage of Shame” and you’ve just reminded me to check on it. Worth noting for non chicken keepers that if you leave a broody with sterile eggs, they can get poorly bec they don’t eat or drink properly. The wire cage is aimed at cooling her down to unbroody her :)

[@tollesonfamilyfarmtx]

“Cage of Shame”, love it 😂 we will have to start calling ours that too!

[@TheCandiceWang]

Ahhhhhh! Hormones. Thank you for making that make more sense 😊

[@samueldacruz989]

I got to start putting my girl in a cage too.... Baby fever is the worst 😭😭😭

[@GoronTico]

@The Sponk? isnt that just callled a crib

[@informationyes]

If you put her in a cage I can assur eyou she wront wanna have kids with you and ever again lol

[@zz2793]

She needs a chicken lawyer and a fair trial

[@susanbashynski1373]

See comment above 😅

[@tollesonfamilyfarmtx]

“Jail Break”, love it 😂 oh the amount of hours we have spent chasing our chickens to get them to where we want them to go, I can only imagine how silly we looked 😅😂

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

Put her cage up on concrete blocks to allow airflow underneath. When hens get broody they increase blood flow to their underside (to keep eggs warm). Cooling them off will help break the broody cycle faster. I've known some people who will actually dunk the hen in a tub of water to cool them down.

[@polevaultgirl33]

That’s what we did when ours got broody. Stuck her lil tushy in a bucket of water and held her there for a little bit to cool off her bottom. Worked pretty well.

[@fahadshamaun1205]

Sure

[@him050]

You wanna be careful with the chickens cracking the eggs. Once they do it they can get a taste for it and will do it again

[@Naomi_best_]

For real?

[@chelseaford5359]

It’s normal for them to eat their own eggs every now and then , especially if they are low on calcium they will do it for the eggshells.

[@Edwxrd69]

Cannibalism 😋🤤

[@him050]

@@Naomi_best_ Yeah. It's not a for definite "if any chicken eats eggs they will always smash theirs to eat them." But it's a definitely an observed phenomenon.

[@CharlieApples]

I accidentally tasted a baby once and now I can’t stop

[@daisiesforghosts]

Glad to see chickens also need jail. My parakeet sometimes has to be put on horny jail to leave my females alone 😩

[@Canonedifie]

My female parakeet was according too much attention to the male, which he didn't like. He became apathetic and didn't want to eat, we thought he was sick. Long story short he moved him into a different cage, and he got all better instantly

[@SuicidalSummerSnowWoman]

​​@@Canonedifie wtf 😆 i dont even know what a parakeet is but sounds interesting...

[@carolkegel7599]

​@@Canonedifie So even birds are intimidated by strong women? The hypocrisy!!! When will the slut shaming end??!

[@mianishtiaq6194]

That's not a crime..That's a lost mother's love and hope...

[@emilybarclay8831]

Chickens do not love. They don’t love their chicks, it’s not uncommon for them to eat the babies as they hatch. She’s simply stuck in a hormonal cycle and needs to be manually broken out of it. In a few days she will not give a shit if you step on those eggs. Hell, she’ll eat them herself

[@rainbowconnected]

It's humans that lack love and compassion, not chickens. I understand that sometimes we have to stop a hen from being broody for her own health. But there's no reason to be unfeeling and unkind about it. Chickens deserve so much more respect and kindness than humans show them.

[@tinycrimester]

it's always the buff orps, isn't it

[@Emilywheeler987]

Hi I’d just like to explain some things I am a chicken owner of 6 chickens, however 2 dies so now 4 When a chicken is called ‘brudy’ it means they want to hatch eggs and be a mum, however without a rooster this will be impossible, when he put her in ‘jail’ it’s not actually it’s just a separating process which will stop the brudy phase and it’s perfectly safe for hens I have had 3 brudy hens- Apollo, Pringle and Yokey R.I.P Apollo and Boris you will forever live in my heart Hope this helped have a nice day ❤

[@Shimmypufulet]

I'm sorry for your lost :( I also lost chicks and chickens R.I.P Nera

[@IKnowEverythingButMyIdentity]

​@@Shimmypufulet Me too. 😢 Nera, Appolo, Boris and Matilda rest in peace (or rather enjoy terrorising the other chickens in heaven)

[@ilia..]

You can stop hen from this phase

[@Marshmallows101]

She's so fluffy and cute, i just wanna cuddle 🥺

[@happilysmpl]

and she was clean too

[@drungaodys5610]

normalize chicken imprisonment for their petty crimes

[@moxiemedia4350]

My feelings are hurt on her behalf. Hormones, girl! I get you! Lol

[@cassandramollura4233]

Ikr. It's so stupid to punish her for it

[@YourLocalEldritchHorror]

@@cassandramollura4233 it's good for her health to make sure she can't continue to try and hatch the eggs It's more of a precaution than a punishment

[@tissuepaperscent]

@@cassandramollura4233it doesn’t matter anymore since i ate her this morning

[@DimT670]

​@@cassandramollura4233 its not a punishment, the eggs are unfertilised, shes doing it for nothing

[@cassandramollura4233]

@@DimT670 she's doing it because it's her instinct. It's never for nothing lol.

[@kimberlyborregogardea1650]

We had some really good mother hens who would raise the chicks even if they weren't hers. We would simply leave more eggs in their nest when they went to eat. My parents got the eggs from the ones who were known to break the eggs. You could possibly see if anyone is selling fertilized eggs near you (which sounds weird) but is something you can buy.

[@paranormalmomma1405]

Poor girl just wants to be a momma 😭

[@Ghostplaya60]

She was gonna eat the eggs 😐

[@casswinchester2423]

​@@Ghostplaya60yes, didn't hatched. She realised something is wrong. Tooked the energy back from the eggs. To start again.

[@judgedredd2039]

Butter comes out jail a changed bird. Prison tatts on the wings and everything.

[@kerrablue]

Gives “jail bird” a whole new meaning

[@spiridion2838]

Imagine going to jail just because you wanted to be a mother.

[@paulieabeles2149]

Like China…

[@carolkegel7599]

I know, but the problem is that when they're brooding they rarely eat or drink, so letting them continuously brood over eggs that won't hatch causes dehydration and malnutrition. They also tend to get depressed and frustrated from brooding for too long. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

[@ThatGingerHannah]

She’s like, “MUST BE A MOTHER!”

[@Wolvesarechasingme]

'She flew the coup' was right there!! 😂

[@Trailhound79]

We stick a frozen water bottle in the nesting box. Breaks broody quickly.

[@suzbone]

I've heard of this also

[@KittyBabyMan]

I've never heard of this in my 4 years of chicken care. Can anyone elaborate on how / why this works?

[@axuwu6939]

@@KittyBabyMan I’m only replying so I’ll get notified when someone answered because I don’t know either and now I’m curious! But I saw on another video that dunking them in cold water helps because cooling down their system basically tricks their bodies into stopping the hormonal cycle? I wonder if it’s the same thing here?

[@suzbone]

@@axuwu6939 you're on the right track- broodiness is partly triggered by increased heat, and can be "broken" by reducing temperature. Chickens don't really mind rain; the saying "Mad as a wet hen" comes from farmers using the old cold bucket of water plunge method. Broody hens are SUPER irritable already so imagine how cross one would be after being taken off her nice warm nest to be stuck into a bucket of cold water!

[@axuwu6939]

@@suzbone Thank you! Ha, I can’t blame them, I already get mad as a wet hen when I have to get out of my comfy warm bed in the morning. Getting dunked in cold water would just be adding salt to the wound!

[@Snowfang00]

The other option is getting fertile eggs for her to hatch and raise. A hen will raise chicks even if they’re not hers. As long as she’s the one that incubated the eggs

[@beaq6755]

Some hens even raise chicks they didn't hatch. My grandparents sometime have had to give chicks to hens that already have some. In broad daylight with no pretense, and the hen absolutely doesn't care. The new chicks are hers as far as she's concerned

[@julieswiss1]

Punishing a chicken is ridiculous! I'm glad you're not my neighbor.

[@cheryllwaldrop9732]

That's not really what he's doing you know. He's just getting her out of her regular routine for a few days to break her out of this unhealthy cycle. Broody chickens can become unhealthy from not getting up to eat or drink enough. They can also get quite aggressive.

[@BurliestBoot]

"You have committed crimes against skyrim and her people. what say you in your defense?"

[@koshermal]

Uh oh, don't touch the Riverwood chicken!

[@B17tailgunner]

"My chicken has commited a crime" Nandos and KFC have entered the chat.

[@tharifakhan1533]

Bros trying to be the joker.😂

[@blackivy7582]

With my parents, they always added a small pole for the hen to roost on at night. Not a nest box, but like...a thick wooden dowel. That way she could still be up/off the dirt and comfy, but not able to create a nest/lay eggs/brood. Worked every time for all the chickens I can recall having while growing up. Oh, and they also put the cage on bricks to help with air flow underneath

[@nyancat8828]

I thought having roosting bars was standard? I've never seen a coop without at least one

[@blackivy7582]

@@nyancat8828 Yes it is, but I was talking about putting one in the "chicken jail". The chickens always had a roosting bar in the main coop

[@Mishyou33]

The shady jail cell exchange 😂

[@rogeriolisto]

A could water bath will help her to cool down and stops her from hatching 😊

[@moni-ze9dq]

One of my late buff Orpingtons was named butter, I miss her dearly. It’s very heartwarming to see how you’re taking care of the needs of your chicken :)

[@miac6808]

Ma'am really said, "You won't hatch? Guess you choose death"

[@christy032866]

Ours has been doing that, too. Hubby's going to build a jail cell this weekend!😢

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

Raise the cage off the ground to allow airflow underneath, even when she hunkers down. This will cool the hen and break the broody cycle.

[@purplekat5864]

Maybe think of it as your hen's own private vacation, with food and drink hand delivered to her door. When she's done she'll feel SO refreshed!

[@corinneyeager]

I really needed this‼️ I've 2 hens doing the same... Only on top. Of each other... In 102° So thanks for everyone's remarks And they didn't eat nor drank in this heat ... They have a fan and I water the coop with rug on top and around where the air goes into the fan

[@purplekat5864]

@ghettoBabyJesus That's a nickname for "husband".

[@chickenindoubleC]

Try the car ride method first. Quicker and not as uncomfortable for the hens. Just blast the AC as high as it'll go and drive her around for a bit. It might take a couple times but it works.

[@ShadowisUnreal]

I had a chicken just like her. We got rid of our roosters a year back bc they were to aggressive. So when we had new chicks our chicken (named chubacka) was always the protector of our chicks. I had her when I was in 3rd grade and now i'm in high school. My mom told me to get eggs and i found her deceased on the eggs that she thought was her babies. We buried her later that morning.

[@edomin1148]

Good ending with butter actually thinking about what she has done. 😅

[@Akumu-Kun-0]

She has committed a severe crime of trying to be a mother. CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY THAT YOURE NOT EXECUTED LIKE BOB THE CHICKEN. BOB the chicken tried to be a mother. That night dogs had a winner winner chicken dinner

[@Brendito1]

Butter failed to pay their bond and was escorted back to prison

[@katythriftyunder35homeowne57]

Buff Orphingtons can be very broody. But they are sweet chickens. We love ours

[@allyfrank11]

Love the name! My buffs are Honey and Marmalade.

[@playernotfound9263]

I would've taken her to KFC for her crime. You're so mercifully

[@palestinabaddie]

brutal :c

[@curlyred83]

No chicken can be a criminal justice for chickens 😂😂

[@arjunraj823]

Nice to see a living Butter chicken.

[@coinwater8511]

My new favorite true crime show. Were finally talking about the real issues.

[@cookiekattt]

I’ve had the same problem before. My two silkies Oreo and Belinda were broody for a while, but I have no roosters in their yard, so they weren’t fertile. I took the eggs to try and encourage them to stop their broody streak, but then they just sat in the nestbox on nothing for a week. Thankfully they aren’t broody anymore, but gosh, they were determined!

[@greenscarab2]

yes the criminal, trying to have chicks!!🥰

[@devo1977s]

People outraged by this treatment as they order a number 1 from Chick-fil-A

[@NoLongerHighs]

This Incident In A Nutshell: "This Is My Friendly Chicken,And She's Going Into A Jail For Day"

[@batpoisonz]

i love that her name is butter and the video just before this was a tutorial on how to soften butter without nelting it 😭 2 different ways to soften butter i guess lmao

[@CJs_Will]

Bro tried to have kids and got put in jail 💀

[@ClearSummerSkies]

Butter chicken. 😂 I'm dying at the name! I love punny food related names for animals and that one is perfect, intentional or not.

[@Thatcatwithhacks]

Same bro my chicken been doing the same thing for years

[@Weeklongwind647]

I see. Buff Orpingtons are so friendly to the point it is being too friendly sitting on others eggs!!! Edit: I should maybe consider making videos of my chickens. I got like almost 20 chickens with new batches growing. Today I got 4 buff Orpington chicks and 4 gold laced Wyandotte chicks!!!

[@briansupermag3918]

Yup. Just did same thing. My Coco got all broody but only took 36 hours and she is back to normal. Caging works great.

[@TwoOfDee]

I’d usually find my chicken some fertilized eggs and just left her be a mom. Some chickens are really good mothers and enjoy being a mom.

[@Commander_Raveth]

"Do your homework or I'll lock you up with the chickens" just got a new meaning.

[@toriquill1505]

I always put them in with our spare rooster (the one that doesn't get along with the other roosters). He keeps her busy and off the nest, and in turn he gets a girlfriend for a while lol

[@CharlieApples]

That’s pretty fucked up

[@XaXa17x]

Hmm...

[@sosa3559]

Sounds like cap. Why would you want your brooding hen to start having sex with a rooster? And if the hen was brooding she wouldnt be in the mood to have sex she would probably just attack the rooster?

[@cheryllwaldrop9732]

​@@sosa3559you'd rather she just pined away on unfertilized eggs? I guess that's a way to go.

[@SAMnELLA-1]

Awww, just her instincts. All captive birds will want to sit on eggs even if they never did " The wild thing".

[@bonedoggle]

this is called broody breaking, it's intended to encourage a chicken not to sit on eggs for so long that they neglect to take care of themselves. it is normal and safe as long as you set up the means a chicken needs to still eat and drink and be comfortable!

[@oswttlfwylyuqq]

She just wants to be a mom or feel how it feels to be a mom. A lot of women experience that feeling so do animals.❤❤❤😊

[@logemcdoge4620]

Hen will also not eat or drink while waiting for eggs to hatch though.

[@BennyAndTheJetsz]

I had one of my Buff Orpington, Iris do the same recently. It seems this particular breed likes to be really good momma hens! 😄

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

They're known for being broody chickens and are often used to hatch and raise the eggs of other chickens and birds that abandon their nests such as Guinea Fowl.

[@RryhhbfrHhgdHhgd356]

Yeah. My family had two (in a flock of seven), and somewhat exasperatedly called them Brood Orpington’s, since that is all they ever seemed to do. Decent mothers to chicks though. Gentle and caring. If neurotic. 😂

[@starhunter428]

I knew someone with a broody like this... it's comb turned white and it nearly died because it wouldn't get up!

[@Num_nums]

She got visitors from jail😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣💀

[@BloonChip]

If the chicken is being bad, just send it over to KFC

[@ashton5493]

She’s just trying to help her friends with babysitting.

[@Cyrilcynder1]

So I know most people don't read comments on their shorts, but if you take a broody hen and dunk their belly in water, not freezing cold but ya know, like 70°f or so water, it will cook their belly down and they will break being broody. Works for all my hens. Including Orpingtons

[@FynnHulley]

As someone using the metric system reading this for the first time, it pains my heart to say I’ve accidentally boiled one of my chickens now. Cheers mate.

[@Cyrilcynder1]

@@FynnHulley 70°c is pretty hot, probably shoulda tested it with your hand xD

[@nightglide_]

Pull out a fire aspect sword, we're having cooked chicken tonight

[@ginger_puff]

You imprison Butter? 😢 Jail for papa. Jail for papa for a thousand years!

[@goosemchonk]

The funniest thing about that post is she never said Miette was a cat, we all just knew.

[@cyndismith4939]

For anyone else doing this, put a stick through the bars to act as a roost.

[@Angelica12-i7e]

Or just get a rooster instead or tricking her

[@k.a.cleveland7837]

Awww Sweet Butter just wants to have babies.

[@CaityRaindrop]

Idk why youtubes recommending me chicken care and fish care videos (I own neither, I never actively looked up either) but I feel like I'm learning a lot

[@dwick2751]

Chicken gets locked up for trying to be a traditional mother. Meanwhile Women gets rewarded for not being mothers

[@AidanTrosclair]

Yes. All women should HAVE to be mothers. I don't get why these selfish, ignorant women don't want to have kids. Society is truly doomed

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Prison cell 😂

[@PICONJO_PJ]

Legends say butter realized that chickens can go to jail

[@Whomadegod]

You’re lucky. I wish one of my chickens would go broody. I have a handsome rooster but no one wants kids 😢

[@goosesnapcat]

Certain breeds go broody more. such as orpingtons and silkies