that I would have 2 hens go broody within 2 weeks of each other? Sure enough I go out to the coop this morning and Mable is broody as ever. The only thing wrong with that is she is sitting on a wooden egg poor thang. So I guess I will take the next egg laid today and stick it under her little butt and see what happens!! I never thought that I would have to deal with broodiness this soon. These girls have only been laying for a month or 2 . GUess I was wrong.
Nice! You have hens that go broody in a REASONABLE time of year!!! At least it's warming up not cooling down! Don't forget to mark that egg with a pencil so you know when it is due and so nobody picks it up or it gets mixed with new ones.
So far so good. Everyone knows that we have a broody that is sitting on a nest and they don't mess with her. So far the other chickens have left her alone too. I have marked the egg. I am glad she decided to lay now and not in the freezing cold. Thanks for the advice.