Laying eggs but not sitting

[KsKingBee]

does the rain ever get any of the chicks? ive always raised all mine on wire but i might let a hen set late like youre talking about

Never had a problem with rain all my runs have coops and

covered roosts.

 

[old biddy]

My peahen suddenly decided to go broody and this morning started sitting on the last three eggs that she laid that were still in her nest. Is it possible she will lay more while she is sitting there or is she down for the count?

 

[KsKingBee]

My peahen suddenly decided to go broody and this morning started sitting on the last three eggs that she laid that were still in her nest. Is it possible she will lay more while she is sitting there or is she down for the count?

She is probably done but another hen in the same pen could contribute to the nest.

 

[old biddy]

She is probably done but another hen in the same pen could contribute to the nest.

She is my only peahen for now so...I guess she is done for the season.

 

[old biddy]

Another question...how long will she want to stay with her chicks once hatched before I separate them, keeping the chicks penned and letting her free range again?

 

[KsKingBee]

Another question...how long will she want to stay with her chicks once hatched before I separate them, keeping the chicks penned and letting her free range again?

I have two freerange peahens with babies and it has just been in the last couple of weeks that the young have stepped out on their own and not needing to be within eyesight of each other. Then again some hens will set a second nest in the same season, so who knows...

 

[old biddy]

WEll, lo and behold, my peahen laid another egg in the nest even though she had already started sitting on the eggs. Is that unusual?