chicksandchores
Songster
I had a hen go broody and start to set on six eggs on what I’m pretty sure was March 26 based on embryo activity and the drastic incease in egg weight. I have a 100% fertility rate (only six eggs but still a huge accomplishment if you ask me!) and I’d love to have a 100% hatch rate, however if I don’t know what day I can lock her nest box down I’m afraid the other hens are going to interfere. At the time, I thought “oh I’ll remember the day she decided to sit, no problem!” And now... here we are. I left her in the coop, she has an average of two eggs if not three or four laid in her nest daily, and I don’t want to move her this late in the process as the last time I tried to move her she abandoned the nest... would it be okay to just take my best guess on the due date and block her from the rest of the coop with food and water for what I think are the last three days? Should I try to move her to a separate pen now that my other chicks are out of the brooding cage and I have room?