3 broody hens

endrit

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about 1 and a half month ago 3 of my hens decided to go broody,all of them at the same time.
I've held them inside with the chicks for almost 2 weeks on three seperate "broody areas".but now i want them to go out in the yard but not with my bigger chickens/roosters(i have an already existing fence that i use to seperate my broody hens from the main flock),but now i have 3 of them and im wondering if they can all be together in 2 ares(2152.78 square feet) they will all have their own sleeping areas but they will have to share the yard,food,water with every other broody hen. How will things work out?
 
Sorry I don't have personal experience dealing with multiple broodies at once, but here's an article that might help:
https://themodernhomestead.us/article/Broody-Hens-5.html

Maybe you can put up some temporary chicken wire or something, to divide the space--that way they could each see each other (and each other's chicks), but could not hurt each other or the others' chicks, at least for a few days.

If they must share that space, then I suggest you put out several feeders and waterers. That way no one bully (hen or chick) can make the others entirely starve.
 

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