Brooder Hen

[gmhawn]

I have a bantam, not sure on spelling anyway she has been laying on eggs now for about a month, and will not get off them, i have some chicks about two weeks old, if i put her brood box in there with 22 chicks will she take to them or go wild........ I'll try anything, i can carry her box with eggs over there.....

Blessed be
Gayla Michele

 

[Timmy]

she will probably take them as her own, but she will also abandon her eggs.

 

[BANTAMWYANDOTTE]

She may but a month is too long to let her continue to brood, this is bad for her health. I would act quickly:

Here is a thread about how to stop broodiness:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=499951