Hi everyone, I may have a broody on my hands here but I'm not sure. I separated my 10 month old salmon fave because she kept sitting in the coop nest box. So I moved her to our beautiful separation pen. So she sits on her clutch of eggs all night and sometimes during the day but not much. I was just about to take her and put her back with her friends and she is sitting on the eggs again. I have no idea if she's broody. I don't want to take her off the eggs if she wants to sit but I have not yet seen her "sit tight" . The eggs she has I am sure will not hatch but I am willing to give her fertile eggs if she will settle on to her nest. I was told that if a hen sleeps on the nest at night she is broody. Well she does that but all day I see her up looking around in there, eating etc. She does have the giant broody poo even though she is not on her nest all day. How will I know when she has made a decision?
