My broody Dels are from a breeder in PA. I got the eggs from her on
ebay. I hatched them at the same time as I hatched Cyn's Del eggs. (I made my husband drive almost 2000 miles to get the eggs from Cynthia
)
I have seen a trend with the posts here on BYC that this is just the time of year when hens go broody. One of the mods, Gumpsgirl had 7 go broody at once, recently.
I would say it is best to seperate your broodies so that there is no issue with egg swapping or injuries to the babies.
I first marked the eggs under my #1 broody so that I knew how many eggs she had and that they were hers and supossed to be there. I used crayon and drew lines on the egg shells of the eggs she was sitting on.
Next I sepeated her into a dog crate (inside the coop) so that the other girls did not bother her or her chicks.
Then with broody #2, I gave her a different clutch off eggs. She was trying to help broody #1 before I put her in the dog crate, so she was sharing the nest and the eggs until I seperated them. After almost 2 weeks of isolation broody #2 quit and I took her eggs and put them under broody #1. I took the first batch of eggs away from broody #1 and set them in the incubator because they had passed what I thought was the hatch date.
That's my story and I'm stciking to it!
I don't know if this info helps, but it worked for me
ETA: Kathy this is a thread called Show off you Delawares. You are just staying on topic!
Seriously, who would ever get sick of seeing Delawares, especially little fuzzy butts
