Broody stealing other broody's egg.

sandy sea

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I still can not believe what I saw. I was out checking on my three broodies. Eggs are hatching in two of the nest boxes now. The broody with the most hatched chicks came out of her nest and attacked the broody that has eggs due to hatch nest Sat. Pecked and pulled her feathers. Then she went and reached under the broodies that has only one egg hatch so far. She stole an egg and tried to roll it back to her own nest. She could not roll it up over the lip of the nest box, so I grabbed it and placed it back under it 's rightful owner's nest. She is a fiesty hen.
 
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You got quite a Broody hen there !!

I have seen two hen steal each others eggs while in the same nest, but never roll on from one nest to the other !!

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