Moved broody hen, will she continue to sit?

[Jjynx]

One of my hens disappeared yesterday, thankfully she showed up today showing signs of “broodiness?”. She was on the neighbors property so we had to move her, we set her up like another hen that we have brooding eggs but she doesn’t seem to notice or care that they are there, she keeps fluffing up and trying to run back (to where she was I think) where she isn’t really supposed to be. So I’ve sorta locked her where she is in a old dog crate and I’m planning to leave her there for the night, does anyone think she will sit on the eggs again?

 

[HumbleAmerican]

She may. Give her a clutch of eggs and let her out tomorrow supervised to see.

 

[Jjynx]

We moved the clutch of eggs in the crate with her put she keeps

She may. Give her a clutch of eggs and let her out tomorrow supervised to see.

we moved her clutch of eggs into the crate with her, but she keeps pacing the crate trying to get out, just wondering if she will sit on them again, it should be bedtime for them pretty soon..

 

[Franklinridgefarms]

Last summer when I had 2 hens go broody, and I moved them they did not readily accept the new nest boxes and eggs. So I took some plywood boards and made the area around the nest box small and dark. Then at night I covered them with a towel and moved them back to the new nest area and set them on the nests. The next day it seemed as though they had settled down and accepted the nest and eggs, so I removed the boards and all was well. I think moving them in darkness at night and them staying on the new nest overnight is the key.

 

[Jjynx]

Last summer when I had 2 hens ho broody, and I moved them they did not readily accept the new nest box and

That’s what I’m worried about, cuz the other hen we moved was okay but we only moved her a few feet from outside the yard, this one got moved from like 50+Feet away so idk if she got too stressed from the move, still hoping she will sit again. She escaped 2x and looked like she was trying to go back to the neighbors and had to stop her and lock her back up. But it should be bedtime soon so hopefully if I can get her to sleep on the nest she might accept it again!

 

[Franklinridgefarms]

That’s what I’m worried about, cuz the other hen we moved was okay but we only moved her a few feet from outside the yard, this one got moved from like 50+Feet away so idk if she got too stressed from the move, still hoping she will sit again. She escaped 2x and looked like she was trying to go back to the neighbors and had to stop her and lock her back up. But it should be bedtime soon so hopefully if I can get her to sleep on the nest she might accept it again!

With mine I took them ( at different times as they went broody about a month apart ) from the coop because they were in the metal wall mount nest boxes that the other hens lay in too. I had tried to take the first one an Orpington during the day and put her in a small coop that I use to transition chicks from. Part of it is enclosed on 3 sides and then wire around the rest, with a top over all of it. I cobbled together a wood nest box and put 13 eggs from that day in it, in the enclosed part. She hopped right off as soon as I let go of her and just walked around fluffed up like a broody hen does. I tried putting another board over the open side but she could still see and wouldn’t sit. Later that day I read somewhere maybe on here that somebody said to move them at night and cover them up so they can’t see being moved. So I took her back to the other chickens and carried back out after dark with a towel over her. I set her in the nest on the eggs and left the board up to keep as much of the outside light off of her as possible.
The next morning she was peacefully sitting on the eggs and the next day I removed the board and she continued to sit. She raised 11 chicks.
The second hen was a New Hampshire, and because I still had the other hen and chicks in the coop, I had to put her in another outside enclosure with a nest box. I moved her the same way, at night and made a make shift enclosure around her nest box to keep it dark and to keep her on the nest. I think I put 8 eggs with her and by morning she had accepted the situation and I was able to remove the boards from around her. She hatched out 6 chicks.

 

[Lelilamom]

I know this is an older thread but I figured I'd put my 2c in. I've had half a doz or so broody hens in the past three or four years and once in a while they are sitting on eggs that are in an unsafe place. I've moved them at night, back into the coop, actually holding the hen on top of eggs in my hand and almost every time it was a disaster. Despite the dark and calm of the move, they flipped out. Especially my banties. They hate being moved. I was able to move a silkie into a new space at 18 days and like other folks, had to confine her to the nest (I used a milk crate) over night so she'd take.
Just today I found a banty that has been missing for 18 days. She's on 8 eggs. I waited until dark, moved her from the weeds into the coop and she flipped out. She refused to be near the eggs. SO I carted the eggs back to the weeds and set her up under a small chicken wire run I had. She fought to get out until it was completely dark outside. Then I picked her up, placed her on the eggs and she sat there. Not sure she's actually incubating but being pitch dark out, I think she feels safer confined. I locked her into the space and we'll see what the morning brings. But boy oh boy, she hated being moved. First time mama too.