I just posted a new topic over on the hatching and broody whatever it's called thread but I'll put it out for y'all in case somebody has some ideas for me on the subject.
One of my surviving 8 buff O hens is seriously trying to go broody on me. She is 3, active Marek's free but definitely exposed and I just pulled 7 eggs out from under her and removed her from her nest. She has been doing the fluffed up broody clucking for two days now and I'm not expecting it to get any better.
What are the risks of letting a resistant but exposed to Marek's hen brood eggs/chicks? I'd be giving her the bantam eggs that I've been hatching from my own birds. Would removing her from the flock to her own pen be beneficial?
Should I even consider letting her brood eggs/chicks?