- May 8, 2008
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OK so I've a broody hen that's been on a nest for a couple weeks. When she first went broody she'd been on her nest for a few days (I think it was five days) and the 1 day she decided to take a break in the yard she'd gotten shut out of the coop & I didn't realize this for more than a few hours.... I'd opened the coop & she'd gone right back in & so I thought she'd go back to it etc. When I checked on her later she was in a different box & the original egg still in the original box she was in. Since it had been a good few days I thought it a waste to just toss it, I didn't have the bator set up for it & so I just slipped it back under her. At the same time I really thought that it would have gotten too cold by then & wouldn't hatch & I didn't want her sitting on something that would never hatch so I'd slipped some fresh eggs under her too. So now I just had a chick hatch & I'm wondering if it's going to be 5 days before the others follow?? Is this an issue that I should intervien with or should I just leave well enough alone? It wasn't until yesterday when it had hatched that I had hubby corner off a section of the coop with her on it & really I can't imagine *anyone challenging her* & the other chickens all just seemed ok with it all, but I thought it might be a good idea to at least block her off. Anyway any thoughts here would be appreciated & since I'm on this topic should I be offering something special for this chick to eat that won't be an issue for heer to eat too?