Recent content by larachix

We have 4 hens and 3 nesting boxes but they all insist on using the same one. We just had a successful Broody hatch 5 of 11 eggs, but we built a 'maternity ward' cage around her to keep the other hens from messing with her.

this has been all very helpful for me thanks for all the comments everyone. my dilemma right now is that my broody mama who was super sweet and great until this morning, now does not like her chicks and is pecking at them and chasing them around and trying to hurt them so I had to separate them...

I have a hen that is a little over a year old, top of the pecking order. Usually she is very friendly and lets people pick her up with no problem. However, for the past few days she has been constantly clucking, acting very agitated..." Hello! I would say absolutely Broody. We went through this...