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Do you leave water and food for a hen sitting on eggs? I put fertilized eggs under a broody hen, and she doesn't seem to leave the nest. Should I be concerned? BTW, this is day 8 on the eggs.
Thanks! Just today I saw her off the eggs and taking a dust bath!Yes, I leave a little bit of food and plenty of clean water. They do get up at least once per day. Unless you have a camera on them, chances are you won't see them. The last broody I let hatch eggs, would jump out of the basket she was in (on my back door step), run to her favorite dust bathing area and have roll in the dirt, eat, drink and then go back to her basket. But, if ANYONE (including other chickens) got near the basket, she would come flying back, wings fluffed out, screaching.