This seems amusing to me. I have a three year old hen cross between RIR Rooster and perhaps leghorn. She never went broody. I successfully incubated 6 chicks in early April they are in the flock with two old layers and 1 rooster. In late May I filled out the flock with 24 assorted day olds and they are coming up to 4 weeks, still in the quarantine coop with heater. Suddenly seeing all this it was like my hen decided she wanted to raise her own family. For the last two weeks she is flattened over 10 eggs in a nesting box! If they hatch I will have too many. Not too many space wise but just how many chicks does one small family need!
I guess I will have to move the nesting box into the day old quarantine when the babies hatch. The nesting box is currently about 4 foot off the floor and no ladder the hens just fly up when they want to lay. Anyone else have experience when non brooder suddenly changes her mind on the arrival of a bunch of babies?
I guess I will have to move the nesting box into the day old quarantine when the babies hatch. The nesting box is currently about 4 foot off the floor and no ladder the hens just fly up when they want to lay. Anyone else have experience when non brooder suddenly changes her mind on the arrival of a bunch of babies?
