See, the thing is, I have 50 hens. While I do have plenty of nest boxes, they favor certain ones. My golden sex link has gone broody and is in her second week of incubation, and guess which nest box she picked? Yep! One of the favorite ones... I actually have to wire the front shut during most of the day because if I don't I will find 2 or more hens in the broodys box, actually laying eggs on top of her. I hate having to wire her box shut and I feel like I'm locking her in, though I know she only leaves the nest once a day.
By now you are probably asking yourself "why doesn't he move the broody?"... The answer: I have tried! It stresses her out and she won't sit on the eggs. She never settled down until I let her back to the nest box in the coop. I have tried several different places to put her, and I always mover her at night, but as soon as the sun rises she freaks out and wants back to her box.
What should I do?
And also, all of my nest boxes look the same, so I have to make sure she goes back to the same box, and sometimes I have to put her back in the right box
By now you are probably asking yourself "why doesn't he move the broody?"... The answer: I have tried! It stresses her out and she won't sit on the eggs. She never settled down until I let her back to the nest box in the coop. I have tried several different places to put her, and I always mover her at night, but as soon as the sun rises she freaks out and wants back to her box.
What should I do?
And also, all of my nest boxes look the same, so I have to make sure she goes back to the same box, and sometimes I have to put her back in the right box