Oh! Thanks everyone for your speedy and informative replies! I’ll definetely source a wire cage. I was going to clip her wings because she flies over the fence to nesting area when I tried the method to keep her off the nest. But I can understand the value of the wire cage now. They nest and lay...
I’m new to looking after hens. We inherited one ( she later died) then got a couple more for company. Young layers. Now one has been broody for over a month. I followed some advice to put a blown out egg under her. The other hen lays most days and she gathers this under herself also. I remove it...