I really only moved her because we have 2 rowdy roosters, not violent, but rambunctious and I just don’t trust she would be able to take on a rooster to protect them, especially a small game hen like her.
Hopefully it was only a minor setback instead of a ruined clutch. I put her back with the eggs and she decided to stay, so fingers crossed! It’s been in lower to mid 80’s in Tennessee and this morning the eggs were warm so one of the 3 hens sat on them at 1 point. They were exposed for less than...
We moved her around 7:30pm last night and when I went in at 7:00am this morning they were warm so either she or one of the other 2 hens had sat on them at one point so they were exposed for less than 12 hours, so hopefully that will matter. I’m in Tennessee. It’s been lower to mid 80’s. I put...
We left our broody hen on her eggs in the main coop with the other chickens for the first couple of weeks because everything was fine and we didn’t want to disrupt the process. We knew to move her the 3rd week to her own space to keep her and the chicks away from the flock so that nothing would...
