Has anyone moved a broody hen and the cutch of eggs she is sitting on? My problem is I have a 10 box nesting box with the bottom about 4 inches off the flloor of the coop. Currently I have 5 broody hens sitting. This evening I found two chicks, one peeping around the coop floor and the other in...
In the many years I have been raising chickens I have a hen brooding! Last year I bought a bunch of exotic of exotic breeds from McMurray. One of the smaller hens started brooding. I think she is laying on some of smaller eggs as well as the larger brown eggs. Its been two weeks. I would like to...