- Mar 4, 2013
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I just put 7 pheasant eggs under my broody! yay!!
My concerns are:
She is nesting in a raised nesting box.. so should I move her? I don't want to chicks to fall out.
If I move her will she stay broody?
She is low on the PO but not the lowest, so will the other hens peck at the babies? - the hens haven't bothered her while on the nest
And will there be a time that my hen will decide she doesn't want to be a mommy any more so she'll push the babies away? I don't want the babies to run off...
The hen is a black australorp.
Any thoughts?? This is my first time with a broody!
My concerns are:
She is nesting in a raised nesting box.. so should I move her? I don't want to chicks to fall out.
If I move her will she stay broody?
She is low on the PO but not the lowest, so will the other hens peck at the babies? - the hens haven't bothered her while on the nest
And will there be a time that my hen will decide she doesn't want to be a mommy any more so she'll push the babies away? I don't want the babies to run off...
The hen is a black australorp.
Any thoughts?? This is my first time with a broody!