Can I just gently push broody hen off her nest.. and take the eggs?

[ladyearth]

Semi newbie chicken owner here... since March 1st.... Bought supposedly 2 year old chickens from flea market... One roo and 5 hens... One hen,died in the first month suddenly ...
I accidentally scared her ( broody hen) last week when I moved the nest box curtains... when I finished cleaning the poop board... I usually take eggs from the nestbox outside...
I took the four eggs she had underneath her My outside nestbox is one long box with two dividers......
.... she (broody hen) carried on when she saw my face with mask and purple rubber gloves...... ran to chicken door.... but I forgot I had it closed while cleaning poop board LOL
She has I dont know how eggs,,, maybe just one... how.many she is sitting on now ???>>>
I have only gotten one egg a day or less since the has did this. less than a week now
I walk the big chickens about half an hour before bed time.. Let them out of their run.... to run ,supervised that is...
I cant emotionally, or physically have this. I have too many irons in the fire now... Little sleep I get now, my health problems etc...Been thru the baby chicks stage for the second set of chickens they were hatchery chicks....
I got to do it....... I read info about breaking broody hen...
Will have to open outside nest box and shove her off will close outside chicken door to keep Roo and other 3 girls from running in....
Need yalls input.. now please

 

[iwiw60]

Well from the sounds of it you definitely have a broody on your hands. This page will help you in breaking her...very good info:

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=broody+breaker

 

[ladyearth]

yeah, I read it before posting... more than I wanna do... did not know chicken raising was so complicated and time consuming esp spoiling chickens>>>>>.

 

[ladyearth]

I saw her off nest box and out in the run.... lat inthe morning...... peeked in where she was previously puffed up and ..sitting......NO eggs...... no eggsssssss
I cant see that well w/o glasses and very busy etc.... but later when I wanted to clean poop board.... I counted the chickens and she was not in run pen.....
peeked in the triple outside atached nest box and she was back on it......
Got to get her off.... hopefully hubby will help and we can block the middle nest box so she cant get in there......
t rained while ago when I normally "walk them" running around our property



So only the one hen got "free time""" that was an escapee.... when around 6 pm when I was putting something for them in the run..... So that little Blanety blankety is on the poop list....... my poop list.... the other just had a fit .. she was free and they were not....
she could have gotten us killed by lightning etc... when it started raining hard and trying to find her and get her back in the run..... She was lucky some hawk, etc did not get her

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Exactly what is it you're wanting to know?

 

[jennyg]

Sounds like you don't want to raise chicks? I am new but could you just switch real eggs with fake?