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My broodys spend more time off the eggs, kinda hanging out near the nest when it's hot. They'll work it our for you.

Put her in a small quiet area, with a nice nest box and give the babies to her at night. Check on her but that should work fine.

I would leave her in place if you can. Some are less picky than others about moving, if you have a quiet dimly lit place for her you can try it now. Just get everything set up and keep the move as calm and fuss free as possible.

I move my broodys as soon as I can into broody pens so the other hens can't bother them, but until I get a spot for them I always have to remove the new eggs the hens lay. Quick, calm, quiet my Granny always said. extra eggs can cause her eggs to be displaced, so I'd take them out whenever you...

Really now that you know where your problem is, that's half the battle. A good seal IS the big difference, since it will obscure your vision. You'll do fine, Suzette will get over it.

Take it easy, I know how you feel. No harm in leaving them all for now. It does get easier to see, "thru your minds eye" as you have had some experience. Like everything it takes practice. First make it as dark as absolutely possible, the blinds in my bator room aren't dark so I just wait...

I have 4 broodys sitting on various days. Each in individual nests . I used large wire dog cages, that way they can't nest hop or get bullied off. I open the cages while I'm out doing chores but rarely see them leave the cage. They have food and water in there and I just clean up as needed. The...

That's not diarrhea, that called "Broody poop" and yes indeed, it is NASTY, but very normal.

You are on the "Broody Hen" thread, where the hen takes care of the chicks. Ok, when you put your chicks in the brooder dip their beaks in the water to show them where it is, sprinkle some of the chick starter on the floor of the brooder and they will peck at it on their own as they explore

I like to keep them separated for 3-4 days but let them out while I am doing chores so I can watch. Sometimes you have other hens who are aggressive, I will pull them out to let mom and babies have time to get settled with the rest of the flock. My roos have been good, but if the roo is a...

Too bad there isn't something we can feed them to make them broody, or stay broody, or Not be broody (I'd like that too) Lots of young pullets quit, some hens never make good broody tho they will "play" with it several times a year. Some even get broody after a couple wks laying and seem to...

Nothing is different, "Lockdown for a broody" is really for the people who physically remove the broody from the nest every day. It is then that they will leave her to her own devices. For anyone who leaves the broody to decide for herself if and when she needs to eat or poop, we just sit back...

Honestly, they will not starve themselves to death, it would be counter productive.. Put the food and water right outside the nest and leave her alone. she will come out to eat, drink and poop when she needs to and when she feels safe and comfortable. In other words give her some privacy. If you...

Do they fit under her? she will almost certainly try as long as they fit. My only concern would be whether she can manage to turn them. I have 3 turkey eggs and 4 DelawareX eggs under a cochin right now, I'll move the turkeys to the bator when the chicks start to hatch. I have an order for...

I'm going to run out of ceramic eggs I usually stick 2 of them under the girls while they decide what they want to do. The black cochin is still growling but in a different nest box, one with real eggs, I gave her the fake ones back and took the real ones. Then I found another black cochin in...

My Cuckoo Maran broody only has the one chick, but the chick was out and about at a couple of days old, no one semed to pay any attention to it so I let mom out. There is a 6 inch door jam and the chick just hoops up and out with mom. It is neat to see the chick wandering around under all the...

At this point leaving the egg on the eggs is more likely to kill the chicks by suffocating them or infecting them with bacteria. I'd take a bucket of very warm water w/ a couple of drops of antibacterial soap out and wash them and pat them dry and give them back to her in a clean nest.

Anytime we have a question as to what is going on with our stock we use a game camera to spy on them. It has answered many questions that had us scratching our heads. Good lunck figuering it out. No clue here if you don't have shell or egg goo in the nest.

Chick stealing is often a matter of who is the hen higher in the pecking order. As long as they are not actively fighting over the chicks, I'd just leave them be. The chicks will be taken care of and that's really the point

I have 10 guinea eggs under two broodys, I moved both into dog crates a couple of days after they went broody and locked them in to see if they would stick. Since they did I gave them the eggs and I'll wait a couple more days and put the crates back into their coops (They are from 2 different...