Thanks. That's good to know. Even though she's a buff orpington (supposedly a very nurturing, motherly breed), I was surprised she was the only one who went broody this year. We named her "Karen" because she's the b*tch of our current flock and the least motherly one, I'd say. I was hopeful that...
Our Buff Orpington has been broody for 2-3 weeks and diligently sitting on 4 fake eggs that whole time. We moved her to a dog kennel in our garage to segregate her from the rest of our flock, and then introduced 7 baby chicks from Meyer Hatchery that were 3-4 day old (we introduced them to her...