Moving a broody hen

[dogkahuna]

My coop was constructed with 12 nest boxes several feet above ground. I'd like to allow a broody hen to set a clutch, but she has adopted one of the higher altitude nests. The other hens all lay in the high-altitude nest boxes, so I can't block them all off. Might it be possible to relocate her to a ground-level box that we construct in a corner of the coop? Might she take to it if we tried to relocate her? Has anyone succeeded in this endeavor?

 

[sumi]

From my experience broody hens do not take kindly to being moved, so I wait until their eggs have hatched and she is ready to get up with the chicks, before moving her and the babies to a more suitable place.