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I found too many other hens wanting to lay in the nesting box with the clutch, I made the brave move to move mom and eggs and it went well! She settled right down. I have small coup in my 10x12 barn. Food and water inside. I am going to keep her locked up until I think she is completely settled...

I don’t think I would be able to contain myself!

Once they hatch I have a pen within the coup for mom and chicks. I don’t want to move her nest and have her abandon the eggs or move to one of the other nests and start setting unfertile eggs. I want her to be able to still socialize when she takes her breaks.

I removed her from the nest and locked the coup so that she could not return to the nest ( after others finished laying) or I moved her to roost after dark. This time nothing was working. I could have locked her in a raised cage but didn’t have the heart so I am gonna give her a chance at...

i have a girl who has gone Broody a couple times past few months and I could break her easily, not this time! She is 100% committed! So I got 8 (hopefully fertile eggs) marked and placed under her! She is in the nest in the main coup which is pretty big 10x12 with 3 other nest boxes. She has...