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Quote: Good point, V Chic Chick! Also, I forgot to mention that the broody hen can lose weight from not eating enough. When our JBG went broody the first time, it was late December. We got brutal weather in January and she still hadn't feathered up. She had also lost some weight. I was...

Some hens just like to lay their eggs where it is dark and quiet. Maybe she feels she doesn't have enough privacy in the nest boxes. But, if she is broody.... -She will sit in the nest box all day, regardless if she has any eggs to sit on. -If you remove her from the nest box, she quickly...