Did I screw up?

[standardbanty]

I put a broody hen in a large dog crate with 2 inches of shavings. I put them under her on saturday and just realized that they were being covered by the shavings and the hen. They were not warm nor were cold. I took a good bit of shavings out then I put some straw under the eggs. Do you think they will be fine? or did I screw up?

 

[ChicknJ]

just watch to see if she is sitting on them, give her a day or two after changing things on her, if she is truly broody, she'll sit.

Best of luck

 

[Dirt Road]

Two inches of nearly anything in the bottom of a dog crate may not be enough. The hen will naturally squirm and scratch to create a nest depression, and with only two inches shes going to be on the bottom pretty quick.

Jim

 

[standardbanty]

The hen is broody for sure but she dosnt really dig deep to make her nest.