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In the Brooder
- Mar 9, 2016
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I have a broody hen that has been sitting on eggs for a little over a week. She is in an egg box that all my other chickens have access to. Before she started sitting on them I tried to move her three times. She freaked out each time and wouldn't sit on the eggs unless they were in that box. She sits on them and doesn't get up much in the egg box but she won't sit on them anywhere else. I finally gave up and just put her back. I have some fertile eggs under her and the rest in my incubator. She or another chicken have broken one and I don't want anymore to break. I dont know how to move her so that she will keep sitting on the eggs. When they are close to hatching I am planning on closing off that part of the coop. And letting her hatch them there. It is raised off the ground so I need to close off the ledge outside of the egg box too. I have read that it is easier to move them once the chicks are hatched. Has anyone tried moving them after, I can't have them in the coop after they hatch I have to move them. I have another small pen with a broody hen hatching eggs in there. Those should be hatching in a few days. Do you think I could move them together because there isn't really any other place I could put them? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to move her now? Or has anyone tried moving them after they hatch and has it worked?
Thanks!
Thanks!