keep her on there and when you know its the last day or two a little dish of food and water in there and then but chicken wire over the nesting boxes and once they hatch move her and her chicks down into the dog crate
Big problem I have a broody hen who sat on a nest for 1 week straight with no eggs under her so today I put 13 fertilized eggs under her but now she won't go on it What happened?
One more thing if I collect the eggs on two different days like today and tomorrow then the ones I get today I keep them in a cold spot like a basement and flip them every 12 hours. is it ok if I collect some that are cold not freshly laided?
Yes she didn't want to stay when I checked her this morning so I put her in a different spot and so far she's staying there
Hopefully she hatched chicks out can't wait!!!!! This is my first ever time hatching chicks from a broody hen
HI there I know this was a while ago but I have a broody hen who wants to hatch out eggs but nesting boxes she is in is to high on the wall so I moved her down in a cage with a nesting box but I have one problem I only have 6 hens rate now that lay. do u think it would be ok if I but 5 eggs...