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okay, thanks. +Do you just let them integrate with the rest of the chickens at that point and stop keeping them protected? +It's my first hatch so i wasn't completely on top of it. I have one egg left that has still yet to hatch. Seems to still be viable but either a late bloomer or just...

I just had a few baby chicks hatch from a brooding hen. Momma and babies are protected off inside the coop. When can i let them all out to pasture?

Yeh, I was in full production last week and now everything has dropped off. If my broody hen wants to hatch then i'm going to separate her and hope for the best that the rest return to normal laying!?!?!??!!!

Brilliant! Thanks so much!!!

ok, thanks. I just read your post. For me, its only been a few days of broody behavior. This is a total first for me as its our first season with a rooster and none of our hens have ever done this before. So, 1. take her our of nest and see what she does? Run off or squat on the floor? 2...

she has definitely occupied the favorite nest and i found one on the coop floor but dont seem to find the rest yet. its not that big of a space. Do you move your broody hens to another location or just protect them inside the coop?

I noticed that since one of my hens started brooding there has been a reduction in egg production by the rest of the flock. Is this normal?

I have one hen that just went broody a couple days ago. She has not laid her own clutch yet and has been pretty docile when i went to grab some eggs beneath her before i realized she was actually brooding. Now that she is, is it best to keep her within the hen house but protected or move her...

Thanks. The sac was a bit thicker then a balloon and practically the same brownish color as the eggs. Inside was a fully formed egg and everything else seems status quo.

This morning i found a fully formed egg inside a whitish colored sack that looked like a deflated ballon. The egg appears to be fully formed with a shell but encased in this film? I also found it in the roosting box beneath a perched bird. Has anyone seen this before? Is it a health problem? The...