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Thank you! This is why I only plan on moving the bantam so if she quits then the Jersey Giant would get all her eggs :)

I planned on moving her and the nest at night to a locked location (unused aviary).

If I separate one at night during lockdown do you think she might quit being broody?

My bantam Crevecoeur went broody 10 days ago so I gave her 2 large fowl eggs and 1 of her own and 1 day after she went broody my Jersey Giant went broody so I gave her 4 large fowl eggs. About a week ago I found all the eggs minus one in a single nest box with BOTH broody girls in it. Should I...

One of my hens last year hatched ONE chick and got off the nest with that chick and wanted nothing more to do with her remaining eggs.

I just moved three eggs under a broody today. She became broody yesterday morning. The three eggs were in the incubator and are on day 10. Will there be a problem if they hatch in 11 days? Could she reject them? She was broody last year in July and was a terrific mom. She took care of her chicks...

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I currently don't have any broodies but was wondering about broodies and shipped eggs. Any advice? I've only had shipped eggs in the incubator and the air cells are messed up so they had to stay in cartons but they can't stay upright with a hen.... Any special instructions regarding shipped eggs...

I will definitely be looking for them next time I go :)

Thank you for responding. The egg is now back in the incubator and a different hen was on the nest this morning. Maybe she isn't broody after all. The egg was still thankfully warm though.

I think I may have a broody. My Faverolle mix hen is in the nest box right now and its nighttime. I grabbed one egg that's been in the incubator for a day and a half and placed it near her. She tucked the egg under her after staring at it for a few seconds. When is it safe to assume she's...

I moved her back around three hours ago and she still hasn't sat back down. Are some hens really this easy to break?

Ok so I had a broody this morning, she was making the broody momma noises at any hen that tryed laying in her nest and kept scooting new eggs under her. I moved her to a safer location along with her nest and now she doesn't want to sit back down! Should I move her back or keep her at the new...

My broody hen hatched out 1 baby on the 15th so I decided to give her more babies and that way her lonely chick would have buddies but she rejected the other chicks. I tried adding 5 four day olds and now one of them is wounded and he keeps scratching his head where the wound is, now that it's...

How long will a hen keep sitting on eggs once the first baby has hatched?

Hahaha "tyranasaurus chick". So far no problems with the cardboard and yes I am lucky to have such a nice broody girl :) she was my "lap chicken" before she became broody and doesn't leave the nest unless I'm there to "keep watch" for her and she still likes to hop into my lap to get a nice head...

Yes I am aware. I tried to move her and her nest into a large bird cage but she was having none of it. When I tried the dog crate she sat right on down. I have cardboard covering up all sides except the top and bottom of the crate. Today is day 20!

I just finished moving her and her nest into a large dog crate as hatch day is this Friday. I'm so excited!

When one of my hens stepped on and broke two eggs I cleaned off the other ones with a dry cloth