Broody mille fleur

[Frazzled chicken tender]

I am new to chicken keeping and just realized my 9 month old mille fleur d'uccle has gone broody. We have a green queen ee rooster so any eggs will be fertile. She has been in the nest box for around a week. I thought she might be sick or perhaps was just cold so brought her in for a bit the other night, fed her, and put her back. I finally lifted her up a bit (she bites me when i try to move her) and there were a few eggs under her. One egg is blue so not hers, others not sure about, and one is ceramic. How does one care for a broody hen? I'm trying to decide if I should just pick her up and collect the eggs because we already have too many chickens, but also excited about seeing eggs hatch. Any advice or things to consider? Not sure what to do. And she isn't leaving the nest to eat or drink that I can tell. Thanks for any input!

 

[Tonyroo]

Since you said you have enough chickens, just break her from brooding.

 

[ChickyCh00k]

If you don't want her to hatch the eggs, you can put her in an elevated crate with a cage-type bottom (so air can flow beneath her and cool her body temp). Make sure she also has food and water in the crate. The longer she is allowed to be broody, the longer it will probably take to break it.

Here's a good resource: https://the-chicken-chick.com/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch/

*you have to scroll down a ways to get to the "How to Break a Broody" section.

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

Since you said you have enough chickens,

Since you said you have enough chickens, just break her from brooding.

Will probably do that, just got excited about hatching our own. Never have seen that before.

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

If you don't want her to hatch the eggs, you can put her in an elevated crate with a cage-type bottom (so air can flow beneath her and cool her body temp). Make sure she also has food and water in the crate. The longer she is allowed to be broody, the longer it will probably take to break it.

Here's a good resource: https://the-chicken-chick.com/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch/

*you have to scroll down a ways to get to the "How to Break a Broody" section.

Thank you for info and link!