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Moving broody hen off nest!
How long was she in the new coop you put her in?? Was she setting on the old nest steady(all day and night)before you moved her to the coop?- PD-Riverman
- Post #12
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Moving broody hen off nest!
I always do. My main "hatching" pens are 2ft x 4ftx 3ft tall with the broody box hanging on the outside. If you have something similar in size and a dusting box or dirt floor---she will be good. No, she does not need to be taken off the nest---she will get off when she gets ready. I just keep...- PD-Riverman
- Post #10
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Moving broody hen off nest!
That is very true---we do have different methods---as long as it works---it doesn't matter. Just for info, I have moved over 150 broody hens in 3 seasons, all at night the way I described(except all my nesting boxes are movable---preplanned) and so far all 150+ accepted the move fine and all...- PD-Riverman
- Post #5
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Moving broody hen off nest!
No, that usually does not work. Get you a container only a couple inches tall at the most----at least as big as the nest----go to where she was setting----scoop/pick up her whole nest and place in this container in the exact same spot---place the new eggs----then go turn her back out---she...- PD-Riverman
- Post #2
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying