Hen won't stay on eggs at night

[Mshedleski]

I have a cornish cross hen that got really broody about a week ago. I gave her a handfull of golfballs in the nesting box and she sat right on them within half and hour. The problem is she sits all day and won't budge then at night hops up on the roost poles with the other three chickens. I assume she stays there until morning or some time during the night then gets down. I know for sure she is on the roost (off the eggs) from dust until about ten o'clock.

Short of taking out the roosts and depriving the other chicken of them what can I do? Why won't she stay on the eggs/golf balls.

 

[conny63malies]

Seperate her from the other chickens. Maybe you can rig up a litle tractor or seperate area for her. Or maybe you have a empty rabbit hutch or something similar.

 

[CTChickenMom]

Did she really go broody for sure? Don't they stay on the nest once they are truly broody? Somewhere here I read that one needs to make sure they are ready to sit on eggs but it sounds as though she isn't truly ready.

 

[twigg]

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If she is broody, she won't do this.

 

[okiehen]

I would say she is not full out broody.
If and when she stays at night , then she is in full blown broody.
Then I would move her and give her good eggs.

 

[MissPrissy]

I would have to think she is not broody.