All night and most of the day in nest box

[KimbosKluckers]

Yeah I tried breaking our girl, take her off the nest, back on she goes, remove all the eggs, shes happy to just sit in the nesting box. Try and cool her off, not having it, back to being warm on a nest. I didn't have the setup of a broody jail at the time, so ended up giving her hatching eggs. She trilled when I gave her them, literal chirps of joy. Here she is a couple of days after hatching the 7 fluff balls.

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But now we have a broody jail ready to go so it's not a pain for her to be moved/jostled/manhandled every 5 minutes. She will go in the crate for 3 days and out she comes... That's my plan anyway, let's hope she doesn't out-stubborn me on the broody jail!

Oh that’s so adorable. Happy hen. I wish I could do the same but no room for any more

 

[Muser]

Oh that’s so adorable. Happy hen. I wish I could do the same but no room for any more

Yes, we had room for some more thankfully, and now I'm prepared with my dog crate and roosting bar ready haha

 

[RoyalChick]

Seems the center nest is a favorite. A red decided to join her this morning. She is puffing up at her and pecking occasionally, bully…but red is not phased yet. View attachment 3919551

Sometimes I have hens who will stand on top of the broody to lay their egg and the broody happily takes the egg and tucks it under her.
Crazy chickens.

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Sometimes I have hens who will stand on top of the broody to lay their egg and the broody happily takes the egg and tucks it under her.
Crazy chickens.
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Hilarious

 

[KimbosKluckers]

On another note…one of my reds does this about once a week

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Just an update. For two days now she has laid her egg and left within an hour or so!! I’m beyond thrilled Hope it lasts. The day I posted I removed her 3 times and put her on the roost that night, she hasn’t done it since…

Yet, I know I’m not this lucky…

 

[Themellowyellows]

Sometimes I have hens who will stand on top of the broody to lay their egg and the broody happily takes the egg and tucks it under her.
Crazy chickens.
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Aw!

 

[Jagachick]

If you want to break her. A wire dog crate elevated on bricks or lumber with a bar for getting off wire bottom is best for 2-3 days with food/water.

We have a Brahma going broody and from all I've read it's rare, and our Australorps who are supposed to be broody hardly go broody. It's all in the bird lol

My barred rocks make excellent mamma’s I have let two of them hatch last year. Just had one hatch 3 babies a couple weeks ago. They do great.