This past Wednesday my broody Buff Orp hatched 4 chicks in the top nest box. She had been sitting on eleven eggs that I had gathered and stored in the refrigerator over a weeks time. Thursday morning my wife called me to say there were 2 more chicks. I had prepared a dog house and run to move...
So I gotta a few questions.
I have a coop with an attached chicken run. Presently have a Delaware rooster and 7 Buff Orpington hens. By what I have read here I would say one of the hens has gone broody this past week. Everytime I go out to the coop to collect eggs she is in the top nest box...