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What breeds do you have? Two of my broodies did the hide and stash before they set and I have two others that are content to scream at me from the nest boxes with nothing but shavings under them. A third is also looking like she's going to join the sit on shavings club--good thing I have double the nest boxes I need for the number of hens I have. I'll need to find some eggs for them (I'm maxed out on "barnyard mix" chicks, so maybe some turkeys or something...) or start rotating them thru the broody buster pretty soon. Funny though, just a month ago I was thinking that I'd never get one to go broody, I think it is contagious just like loopy12 said.
My broody girls are:
2 Black Australorps-- One had a hidden nest, the other is sitting on shavings.
1 (maybe 2) EE-- First one hid her nest, but let me move her and hatched out 8, the other seems to favor the nest box with no eggs.
1 Buff Orpington-- She's sitting on shavings in the nest box.
What breeds do you have? Two of my broodies did the hide and stash before they set and I have two others that are content to scream at me from the nest boxes with nothing but shavings under them. A third is also looking like she's going to join the sit on shavings club--good thing I have double the nest boxes I need for the number of hens I have. I'll need to find some eggs for them (I'm maxed out on "barnyard mix" chicks, so maybe some turkeys or something...) or start rotating them thru the broody buster pretty soon. Funny though, just a month ago I was thinking that I'd never get one to go broody, I think it is contagious just like loopy12 said.
My broody girls are:
2 Black Australorps-- One had a hidden nest, the other is sitting on shavings.
1 (maybe 2) EE-- First one hid her nest, but let me move her and hatched out 8, the other seems to favor the nest box with no eggs.
1 Buff Orpington-- She's sitting on shavings in the nest box.