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Does this really happen? Other girls will push their eggs to the broody hen? I'd love to see that! "Here, I don't want it, IT'S YOUR'S NOW SUCKER!" Lol.
Oh yes.. if the hen wants to lay in THAT nest.. she will, even while the broody is still on it. It's a very common occurrence actually, and like others mentioned, it's practically a necessity to at least mark the eggs set for hatching for this reason.
However this is also undesirable(other hens having access to nest) for another reason- if hens try to lay in the same nest, and they do so while the broody is still on, it can and often leads to broken eggs. Quite a mess.. These are the common reasons people either isolate the broody hen/her nest from rest of the birds or simply move them to someplace by themselves.
Oh yes.. if the hen wants to lay in THAT nest.. she will, even while the broody is still on it. It's a very common occurrence actually, and like others mentioned, it's practically a necessity to at least mark the eggs set for hatching for this reason.
However this is also undesirable(other hens having access to nest) for another reason- if hens try to lay in the same nest, and they do so while the broody is still on, it can and often leads to broken eggs. Quite a mess.. These are the common reasons people either isolate the broody hen/her nest from rest of the birds or simply move them to someplace by themselves.
