- Apr 16, 2012
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I am super excited that one of my hens is broody however I have three problems and I'm hoping someone can help me out. 1. She keeps taking all the other hens eggs. I have several nesting boxes however, all my hens lay in the same box. They will try to pile two or three in the box when they need to lay, rather than just using one of the empty ones. The broody hen is now sitting in the favorite box and everyone else just keeps laying around her. She takes their eggs with the unfortunate result that she cannot care for as many eggs as she has and they all at one time or another are exposed to cold weather.
Problem numero dos is that the other hens eat the eggs that she is trying to sit on if they get the chance. We have lost several eggs already this way. I have tried to solve both these problems by moving her into a temporary coop by herself, but this has just led to problem number three:
When she is moved to a different place, nest and all, she immediately abandons the eggs she has been sitting on and becomes very upset trying to find a way back to the rest of the flock. Any suggestions? This hen has hatched eggs before but she didn't belong to us at the time, I know she can do it though.
Problem numero dos is that the other hens eat the eggs that she is trying to sit on if they get the chance. We have lost several eggs already this way. I have tried to solve both these problems by moving her into a temporary coop by herself, but this has just led to problem number three:
When she is moved to a different place, nest and all, she immediately abandons the eggs she has been sitting on and becomes very upset trying to find a way back to the rest of the flock. Any suggestions? This hen has hatched eggs before but she didn't belong to us at the time, I know she can do it though.