I have a broody hen who is siting on 26 eggs she is able to keep all of them warm but i worry she has too many, and on top of that she is broody in a very popular nesting box meaning our other hens will push behind her and lay eggs giving her more eggs. Should I block that part of the hen house...
My Easteregger has been sitting on eggs for four days the problem is that i have 14 hens and 1 roo i don't know if the eggs she is sitting on are fertile or not how do i tell i don't want her to not hatch eggs this is my first broody
i just moved my broody and she was fine just move her at around 8:00 she might not sit on the eggs right away so just leav her to be for a little while if you think you still might break her just wait until the eggs hatch or are very close
So I have been raising chickens for 3 years maybe 4 but believe it or not I have not had a hen go broody .This when I went to put my chickens away I closed the door and went to go get the eggs when I went in the barn a hen was puffed out on like 10 eggs I took 5 out and o could tell she was mad...