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I am going to try it tonight with my first broody hen! So nervous and excited!

Will the mama hen continue to sleep in the nesting boxes, or will she sleep down in the roosting area? Just wondering if I need a ramp going from my nesting boxes down to the ground. Right now my girls just fly up there to lay eggs. It's about 2 feet high.

I know this is an old thread, but it's a great one. I have a question about placing the chicks under the broody hen. Do you actually have her sit on them completely, or just under her wing, or their head sticking out, or what? I just don't want to suffocate them.