5 weeks ago I had a single broody (Kraai) and bought 6 hatchery eggs. A week later I had two broodies sitting on these eggs. The nestbox was too small for them to be comfortable. I added a few fake eggs on the other side. They split up. After a few days I divided the hatchery eggs, 3 for Kraai...
My chickens co-brood every time I give them hatchery eggs. Often one starts to brood and after a few day another hen joins. Sometime they even want to sit with 3 or mother with 3 after the chicks hatched.
These two sit on 6 eggs now.
Last year , I had 3 broodies on 2 nests (11 eggs) in the...