Moving the coop, will it change broodiness?

Aussie Blue

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May 8, 2013
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Hello, I'm a newbie to chickens. I purchased my three Seramas 10 days ago. One is 1 1/2 years old the other two are 6 months old. The 1 1/2 year old was in with a rooster and i was told she was very broody. In the last 10 days she has laid 5 eggs but has not gone broody yet. So my question is could I be preventing her from going broody because I move the chicken tractor every day? or could it be just the stress of a new environment? Thanks in advance!!!
 
My breeding pens are miniature chicken tractors as shown below.



Second image shows how pens are lined up with each other. When in breeding mode pens are moved every couple of days as a group. This makes it so nest site appears to be in a consistent location relative to structure (wire and other pens) in immediate vicinity.


My hens go broody and stick with nest even during moves. Rooster is removed once hen goes broody to limit stress on hen and makes so she has first dibs on all greens.
 

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