Two Broody hens sitting on the same nest

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I have two golden seabrights that I think may be sisters,they layed in the same nest by their own choice which I thought was no big deal,now they have both become broody at the same time and are both sitting on the same nest.Has anyone ever experienced this and if so how did you handle it? I'm thinking I may do 1 of 2 things,seperate the eggs and hens and see if they will both sit,or pull one hen and let the other take care of the whole clutch,any advise will be greatly appreciated.
 
We have two easter eggers and they became broody and began sitting in the same nesting box together (even without any eggs in the nest). So we followed some advice of a friend and put one hen in a dog crate (inside the coop) for two days. She did have her own food and water but could never get comfortable enough to sit for a long period of time. This broke her from being broody. The other hen found it interesting that her sis was in this crate and came off the nest a couple of hours later. We have not had a problem since.
 
It seems as though my silkie hens will go broody in pairs. They will lay in the same box even though there are plenty of boxes. If you try to move one to another box, she squalks and runs back to the box with the other one. So........why waste as couple of good broodies? I just got 15 Ameraucana eggs from DipsyDoodleDoo and thought I would put them in the bator, but with 2 broody silkies in the same box, guess where the eggs went........LOL!
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I had two bantams do the same thing and just yesterday the last eggs hatched. I tried to seperate them at first and the one I moved went right back to the original nest. It worked out great and I figured when one takes a short break to eat the other keeps things warm. Here's a picture of my two in the same nest.

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O and by the way i had a turkey hen go broody about 6 days ago and yesterday one of my Buff orp. hens decided she was going to help her out... the turkey hen is fine with her being there. so now when i go to feed i see a black butt and an orange butt starring at me:lol:
 
I had a banty girl and a silkie brood together. They had previously raised chicks in the same pen, but not jointly. I tried several times to separate them, but they kept getting back together.

They did fine without any fighting. The banty leaves her chicks early so once she was done the silkie took over. I was worried the chicks would be confused, but they took to both hens.
 
So how did things go with your two moms? Did all the chicks survive? Did the Roo have access to the nest too? We have a similar situation right now. Two bantum hens on one nest. It is a small coop housing two hens and one roo. One of the eggs hatched today and one of the hens is hoarding it. The other hen is on the remaining egg which should hatch in 4 to 5 days. We don't know if we should separate them or leave them alone. This is the first time we've let either hen sit on eggs. They seem to go broody a lot!
 
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