Hen won't get off of eggs

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Be sure to check out the Chicks section of the Learning Center, there are some articles on Broody Hens you might like https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-and-raising-chicks

 

[tiffvitorino]

I'm having this same issue but I don't want chicks right now im loosing space I have too many right now and it's so hot here 102-108 degrees too hot for her to miss eating and drinking. Worried I think she is sitting on 8 eggs and most of them aren't hers.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

I'm having this same issue but I don't want chicks right now im loosing space I have too many right now and it's so hot here 102-108 degrees too hot for her to miss eating and drinking. Worried I think she is sitting on 8 eggs and most of them aren't hers.

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

If you aren't wanting chicks right now, I would break her since the weather is so hot. Here's a link on breaking a broody https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/encouraging-or-discouraging-broodiness-in-your-hens

Good luck!

 

[tiffvitorino]

Thank you soooo much! awesome article!!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Thank you soooo much! awesome article!!

No problem! Best of luck!

 

[tiffvitorino]

She is just plane stubborn and mean she pecks and pecks and won't let other hens lay their eggs in boxes next to her. I'm trying to move her in another pen by herself and let her do her thing but she won't let us touch her.