Hello! About a 2 weeks ago, I let all my Moderns out to free range during the day, feeding them and penning them up at night. All was well. But about a week ago, my heart broke, as I believed my friendly, pretty, best show bird had been killed. I searched all over the property for over an hour, but could not find her. But I also couldn’t find any proof of an attack. Two days later, by some miracle, I spotted her running around in the garage amongst the other chickens. I was so relieved. I went to try and pick her up, so I could put her in a pen so she could eat and drink, but she did the weirdest thing! She is one of the only chickens I have that let me pick her up without incident. But when I went to pick her up, she squawked, (you have no use how long it just took me to figure out how to spell that 
) and ran away. That’s when I realized she was broody! Ok, cool enough, but where’s the nest??
Long story short, I watched her for some time. She never returned to the nest, so maybe I was wrong? Well, that night she was gone again. Didn’t see her until 2 days ago. She was eating food out of the open pens. Watched her again, but still can’t find out where her nest is! I’m not sure what to do. I went out side to feed bread today, and she came barreling towards me from the water bowl. I don’t want her hatching these eggs, as there is a show coming up, and she needs to be in good non-broody condition. But now that it’s been over a week, I don’t want the eggs to just sit there and rot, wherever they are. She is getting quite skinny, and I’m afraid she hasn’t been eating enough or getting enough nutrients.
Any suggestions on how to keep her healthy? Or to find the nest? If I can find the nest, I can solve these problems! (Not sure whether to throw the eggs away though, as they would be from any of the roosters running around, or hatch them and just see if there’s any chance one of the Birchen tops fertilized an egg) But if I do find them and decide on keeping them, it would be much better o see if she will continue siting if I move her and the eggs into her pen, where she is protected and has paenty access to food and water.
Any ideas/help/suggestions would be great! Thank you so much for reading this, I know it’s kinda long!
) and ran away. That’s when I realized she was broody! Ok, cool enough, but where’s the nest??Long story short, I watched her for some time. She never returned to the nest, so maybe I was wrong? Well, that night she was gone again. Didn’t see her until 2 days ago. She was eating food out of the open pens. Watched her again, but still can’t find out where her nest is! I’m not sure what to do. I went out side to feed bread today, and she came barreling towards me from the water bowl. I don’t want her hatching these eggs, as there is a show coming up, and she needs to be in good non-broody condition. But now that it’s been over a week, I don’t want the eggs to just sit there and rot, wherever they are. She is getting quite skinny, and I’m afraid she hasn’t been eating enough or getting enough nutrients.
Any suggestions on how to keep her healthy? Or to find the nest? If I can find the nest, I can solve these problems! (Not sure whether to throw the eggs away though, as they would be from any of the roosters running around, or hatch them and just see if there’s any chance one of the Birchen tops fertilized an egg) But if I do find them and decide on keeping them, it would be much better o see if she will continue siting if I move her and the eggs into her pen, where she is protected and has paenty access to food and water.
Any ideas/help/suggestions would be great! Thank you so much for reading this, I know it’s kinda long!
