Our little Buff Cochin Bantam has gone broody (her first time) and is setting on one of her own eggs and 3 she commandeered from her full size lady hen friends. They all prefer one nest box and climbed in right on top of her - despite protest - to lay their eggs today. I have moved her to the garage (unheated) to hatch out the babies. She is in a nesting pod - a big plastic tub with chicken wire over the top, a nesting box made from a feed bag wrapped milk crate with lots of hay inside it and a small board to keep the hay in. In the other half of the tub is her food, water (which I will be bringing out 2x a day since it will freeze) and some pine shavings for potty. I moved her tonight under the cover of darkness much to her protest but as soon as she saw her eggs she snuggled back up on them. Do you think she will keep them warm enough on her own to hatch? If they do I have a couple more questions here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5252965#p5252965
Thanks for your advice - I really want her to be as happy as she can through this with the best outcome - even though she picked the beginning of the COLD to start her famiy!!
I added this picture of Butter and the roo Treasure....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5252965#p5252965
Thanks for your advice - I really want her to be as happy as she can through this with the best outcome - even though she picked the beginning of the COLD to start her famiy!!
I added this picture of Butter and the roo Treasure....

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