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Marigold wasn't broody so she didn't stay on the eggs very long after she realized they weren't making noises like the ones in the other nest. The next time I checked on her she was back out in the run with the other chickens so I removed the fake eggs then.

I hatched out 6 eggs under a broody a couple of months ago. On hatching day one of the other hens, Marigold, who had been regularly laying in the broody's nesting box, was sitting in the box with the broody. When I picked Marigold up to move her to another nest box there was a little wet newly...

Chickens like to lay eggs in nests that already have eggs in them so it's most likely that she was just there to lay her egg. The broody hen may have kicked her out or she may have laid her egg and then vacated the nest so you should check to see if there are any extra eggs in the nest that...