broody not leaving nest

[Rick589]

I'm not counting on her to hatch any this time but she could surprise me

What has you doubting any hatchlings? If the eggs are fertile and she’s sitting you should get some new peeps. I’m just curious about your reasoning.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I put 8 eggs under my broody hen .These will be her first .I'm not counting on her to hatch any this time but she could surprise me

Best of luck with your hatch.
My best 2 hatches out of 15 broodys this year was 7/8 and 10/14 (actually 12, 2 eggs got broke early on).
I candled the 11 under my latest yesterday and all look developing at 8 days in.

 

[McChooky]

What has you doubting any hatchlings? If the eggs are fertile and she’s sitting you should get some new peeps. I’m just curious about your reasoning.

Some abandon the nest when moved

 

[Rick589]

Some abandon the nest when moved

Is this behavior more prominent in certain breeds over others as far as you know.

 

[Rick589]

Has anyone ever caught a broody stealing eggs to sit on? Our first broody started with three eggs and as we checked her over the course of her setting she had another two or three show up. I believe she laid them because I can’t see any possible way for her to move eggs to her nest, which an elevated nesting box. But, I recall reading that hens do have creative ways to do the seemingly impossible.

 

[Rick589]

The expense comes soon, as it's addictive and if you keep letting them broodys hatch, your going to need a bigger coop.
I went somewhere in the area code of 40-50 last year to close to 140 now with 11 eggs due to hatch the end of the month.

#chickenmath

and what do you do with the eggs? Sell, donate, or eat lots and lots of them?

 

[McChooky]

Is this behavior more prominent in certain breeds over others as far as you know.

My leghorns were trying to force the broody off the nest
A common problem if I understand correctly

 

[wrathsfarm]

Has anyone ever caught a broody stealing eggs to sit on? Our first broody started with three eggs and as we checked her over the course of her setting she had another two or three show up. I believe she laid them because I can’t see any possible way for her to move eggs to her nest, which an elevated nesting box. But, I recall reading that hens do have creative ways to do the seemingly impossible.

If she's full on broody, she's not laying. Other hens depositing eggs in her nest?

I draw a circle around my eggs so I can quickly see if others are being layed so I don't get a staggered hatch or a mix up with parentage for breeding.

 

[wrathsfarm]

and what do you do with the eggs? Sell, donate, or eat lots and lots of them?

Sell them, what don't sell as hatching eggs gets sold as eating eggs.

 

[Rick589]

My leghorns were trying to force the broody off the nest
A common problem if I understand correctly

Always a possibility here I suppose but I’ve never witnessed any discord in the flock. Our broody was checked on multiple times a day and the other hens never appeared to give her any notice. Yet, eggs still appeared.