Thanks for all the advice...
Eve (her name) and the others are only allowed out for at most 2 hours just before dark. They go in at dusk all by themselves. I think I'll move her into a BRAND NEW smaller coop/pen that I set up just to be the Maternity Ward, Intensive Care Nursery. I'll trust...
Howdy,
One of my Speckled Sussex hens has started setting on a bunch of eggs. Does being broody stop her own production until the chicks hatch or will she keep adding to the nest?
Second question: When I open the pen for a few hours of "free range time".... she will leave the nest, but goes...