I recently had a broody hen that kept the other ladies from the favored nesting box. The three who use that same box began molting, likely from stress of not having their room to lay in. We broke the broody hen after a couple days but she molted just after that, too! They all just began laying...
I will do that! We have a pretty small fenced in area for them and their wings are clipped so they can’t fly over, haven’t found one yet, but I’ll keep an eye on them when I let them out. Thanks for the idea!
I have four hens... 2 Australorps and 2 Ameraucanas. All are just over a year old and have shared the same nesting box since we got them. We typically get three eggs a day from them.
About two weeks ago, one of my Australorps went broody. I didn’t notice for the first couple days as I would...
