Rural Gardening: How do you discourage broodiness?, 0 by Lazy_Ladies

Lazy_Ladies wrote:
Hi there,

I know I've seen a lot of people talk about this, but --lazy me-- I'm hoping you might post here...

I think Lacey is going broody on me. Are cochins known brood hens??? Anyway, she likes to sit in the nesting box a LOT. At first if I went in and took out the egg, she'd come out, but today she continued to just sit there. I also noticed that she's pulled out a large number of feathers on her tummy leaving it bare... I'm guessing that must help keep the eggs warmer?

Anyway how do I break her of that? There are no roosters, so no reason to have her doing that. So far I've read in these threads about ice, baby tylenol, water, dark "penalty" boxes... can people please weigh in on what works for them and in what doses?