Rooster Getting into Hen's Nest

[HeyHeyWW]

Heyo! :3 Well, I have a problem with my rooster he's being so stressful. Okay, so, I have a hen, warming some eggs (well, today they're hatching and they're almost out!!!) and I have my rooster who is crazy for that hen for some reason... so he tries to get into her nest (since it's like a box on the ground) and tries to, you know... XD and once, he cracked one of her eggs when he did that!!! I GOT SO MAAAADDDDD!!! ANYWAY, I'm not worried anymore because the eggs are hatching today, but I have a hen who will soon go broody and I don't want him to do the same thing again, so how can I stop him from doing that? It's really annoying. I've tried closing the chicken coop, but then the other hens have to lay eggs so I had to be putting the hens in the coop and ughhh!! I've also tried blocking the hen's nest but what if she wants to come out and eat?? Sooooo Idk what to do next time one of my hens go broody...

 

[azygous]

It's normal behavior for a rooster to want to get into a hen's nest or to get into a nest to tempt a hen to use it.

It's also normal behavior for other hens to want to lay eggs where they see a broody sitting on a nest.

You've seen how this normal behavior can result in eggs being broken, killing a developing embryo. The wise course of action would be to protect a broody and her nest from the normal behavior of the flock because you aren't going to be able to prevent the normal behavior.

How you go about protecting the broody nest will require some creative thinking.

 

[HeyHeyWW]

It's normal behavior for a rooster to want to get into a hen's nest or to get into a nest to tempt a hen to use it.

It's also normal behavior for other hens to want to lay eggs where they see a broody sitting on a nest.

You've seen how this normal behavior can result in eggs being broken, killing a developing embryo. The wise course of action would be to protect a broody and her nest from the normal behavior of the flock because you aren't going to be able to prevent the normal behavior.

How you go about protecting the broody nest will require some creative thinking.

Okay, thanks!! I think next time, I will just block the enterance of her nest for a little while and then uncover it.