Broody's keep switching places

[BlossomSilkies]

I have a broody on 2 eggs that aren't fertile and next door I have a broody on 2 which should be hatching in the next few days.

The past 2 days I've had to switch the girls back to their correct nest box. I'm worried it's a little late in the game for a new mama to set on eggs almost ready to hatch.

Why are they doing this? Are they messing with me because it's my first time?

 

[triplepurpose]

THey just seem to get confused, especially if the nest boxes look similar. I use chicken wire to make an enclosure around the broody nest and put food and water inside that enclosure for the mother. That's how I avoid that sort of thing. I decided to do that originally because I'd heard so many people complaining of similar things happening... Trying to move the broody to a new, specially designed place for her to set, as some people recommended, didn't work for me, but cobbling something together AROUND the nest proved easy enough, and then I didn't have to move her.

I don't know what your set up looks like, of course, but maybe you could rig something like that if you want...?

Good luck!