Brooder near my adult coop caused chickens to go broody??!!!!

[SBFChickenGirl]

I'm glad it's not just me ..... my Whiting true blue is showing signs of broodiness but she's not sitting all those she has grown Spurs which is probably something to do to the breed but as for the Leghorn going Broody that has never happened with me oh, and I've never have any chicks I've gotten with a common fence with the adults..... who knows anyhow I put 12 eggs under her hope that's not too many for a Leghorn

I would say 12 eggs is pushing it... maybe get it down to 8 or so... if there are too many eggs the on the outside get cold and don't hatch and the ones on the inside can get pushed out to the outside and then not hatch. Better to put less eggs and get a better hatch rate than put more and get a worse hatch rate.

 

[chkncrazy]

I would say 12 eggs is pushing it... maybe get it down to 8 or so... if there are too many eggs the on the outside get cold and don't hatch and the ones on the inside can get pushed out to the outside and then not hatch. Better to put less eggs and get a better hatch rate than put more and get a worse hatch rate.

I was thinking the same myself but the lady I got them from said she had 14 under her leg horn all hatched and my legs are fat Italian leghorns lol she weighed about 8lbs....i origianlly wanted to put 6...thisnis gonna be a hard decision on which ones to take out... i jave 4 blue.bells 3 copper marans...2 jeraey giants...and i forfot the other 3....