PurpleChicken
Rest in Peace 1970-2018
Our Buff Orp went broody and last night had five eggs under her.
Today, every hen wanted to get their eggs under her so she had
9 by late afternoon. This concerned me because I didn't want egg
production to stop nor did I want my Buff to get overloaded and
lose the whole batch.
So, I made a new egg box for the second part of my coop area
and moved her and her eggs into it. She ignored the eggs. We tried
to force her to stay on them but she wouldn't hear of it. Luckily
I have a batch of eggs cookin in bator #1 so I was able to put the
9 eggs into it and hopefully save them.
We let her back into the main coop. She is now back in the nest box
with no eggs.
This is our first broody experience.
Don
Today, every hen wanted to get their eggs under her so she had
9 by late afternoon. This concerned me because I didn't want egg
production to stop nor did I want my Buff to get overloaded and
lose the whole batch.
So, I made a new egg box for the second part of my coop area
and moved her and her eggs into it. She ignored the eggs. We tried
to force her to stay on them but she wouldn't hear of it. Luckily
I have a batch of eggs cookin in bator #1 so I was able to put the
9 eggs into it and hopefully save them.
We let her back into the main coop. She is now back in the nest box
with no eggs.
This is our first broody experience.
Don