broody abandoned nest

  1. Vhope77

    HELP! Broody hen left eggs

    my broody hen has been sitting on her eggs for four days now and she left to eat and got confused and sat on some different eggs instead of her batch usually I collect eggs throughout the day but today I got busy and it slipped my mind . When I went to check on her she was on different eggs and...
  2. Flynn’s farm

    Broody hen left nest on day 22

    I had a broody sitting on 8 eggs. Wednesday, I saw a crack in one of the shells and the egg was moving all over. When I got home from work, expecting a chick, I saw nothing!!!! No chick, no shell, nothing! I’m not sure, but I believe it’s one of my buff’s. Anyway, yesterday, I came home and mama...
  3. K

    Momma leaves the nest....

    I recently had two hens go broody. The first went broody and then 5 days later her twin went broody also. We just had our first chickies hatch this weekend :) The first momma left the nesting box and hangs out in the bottom of the coop with babies. Somehow, one chick managed to hop boxes and...
  4. Chickens4Life101

    Help! Broody may have abandoned 8 one-day-old chicks!!

    So if you saw my last thread you would've known leah was hatching eggs. They hatched yesterday. Today at 12:45 we noticed she was standing outside her box, still puffy and looking and them. She is still there now. Did she abandon them? We have been handling them, could that result in her leaving...
  5. lena_

    Broody Hen Off Eggs In The Middle Of Winter! No Incubator! Please help!

    It's currently Winter in New Zealand, and my top hen Marielle has gone broody. Well, she's been broody since mid to late Autumn(Or Fall) and I finally gave in and let her incubate. She has two eggs on day 5 both with lively little spiders in them. However she has gotten off the nest three times...
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