Pretty sure my broody Buffy has not been off her nest in two days (zero poop evidence, but I haven't been stalking her either). I'm a little worried about her. I tried to give her some water (even did the new chick dunk the beak trick) and she just growled at me and refused. Seems like she's sleeping a lot, kind of a hibernation? I need some broody advice. Normal? Not normal? Should we call it quits? Keep going?
Hopefully she has gotten up by now, but it's very normal for the first few days for you not to see them get up. She probably has, just maybe hasn't pooped. I think they condition themselves to hold it, and the first 3 days, they barely move. The hibernation type thing is normal too, almost like they are in a trance.
I gave eggs from the incubator to a new broody (actually 2 new broodies) yesterday. One was easy. One didn't want to give up the 2 eggs she was on. I had to take a soft rag and hold over her head for her to bite while my other hand swapped eggs! Lol. The eggs were already on day 10. That's the longest I've ever incubated then given to one, so I hope they do ok. Both are sitting tight still tonight.