So I tried. I have two mixed banties that have gone broody. They were each sitting on 12 eggs for two days in the next boxes. Yesterday I set up separate pens with boxes, food and water etc. So it got dark and I went out and got the eggs and the hens and put them with their respective eggs in the cages. I leaned a feed bag across the front so it was dark in there. WHen I went out they were on the eggs. THis morning I went out as usual and both hens were off, the pen's bedding all scratched up and both nests were cold!
What could I do better next time? In the past I have just let hens sit in the nest boxes to hatch and let come what may...any ideas? Maybe it is just too early? Thanks! Terri O in WI
What could I do better next time? In the past I have just let hens sit in the nest boxes to hatch and let come what may...any ideas? Maybe it is just too early? Thanks! Terri O in WI