Broody chicken wants to nest outside

[Cazook]

I thought it was around a dozen but I could never check because she kept hissing and trying to peck me if I tried to look at them, so none of them are marked. Prob about 14 days though.

 

[aart]

I could never check because she kept hissing and trying to peck me if I tried to look at them

Gotta get the gloves and long sleeves out

 

[Cazook]

Gotta get the gloves and long sleeves out

Lol I was more scared that too much interfering would get her to abandon the nest!

 

[bobbi-j]

Lol I was more scared that too much interfering would get her to abandon the nest!

A quick once a day lift-and-peek usually won’t affect a determined broody.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

 

[Cazook]

Caught yet another different hen running around growling with her wings out, acting broody. Hopefully it's just a passing fancy!

The nesting one has been sitting on the eggs for about 18 days now. I wonder how things will turn out... I should be building a new coop to prepare but wood prices are super crazy! At least it's summer time.

 

[bobbi-j]

Caught yet another different hen running around growling with her wings out, acting broody. Hopefully it's just a passing fancy!

The nesting one has been sitting on the eggs for about 18 days now. I wonder how things will turn out... I should be building a new coop to prepare but wood prices are super crazy! At least it's summer time.

I like to let my broodies raise their babies within the flock. Integration is so much easier that way.

I hope you have a plan for when it’s no longer summer time, if you plan on keeping them all. Crowded chickens can develop some very bad habits.

 

[Cazook]

I like to let my broodies raise their babies within the flock. Integration is so much easier that way.

I hope you have a plan for when it’s no longer summer time, if you plan on keeping them all. Crowded chickens can develop some very bad habits.

Yeah I was planning on extending the coop this spring but now it's gonna take a lot longer to get the $$ for materials, lol

 

[Cazook]

...Who knows what is going on anymore. I think the one on the right has been putting eggs into the nest? Which might explain why there's so many eggs. But if she's doing that there's gonna be a staggered hatch, so who knows. Now both are sitting squashed together and growling. Day 20. >_>

 

[aart]

I think the one on the right has been putting eggs into the nest?

Need to mark eggs given(all on the same day) to a broody to hatch.
Then daily remove any added by other layers.