- Oct 19, 2014
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I have a hen that keeps acting like she is broody. She gets all puffy and tucks all the eggs under her. She pecks at me and the other chickens that get too close while she is in the nesting box. She has even plucked a few breast feathers.
The issue? She will sit on the nest, on eggs, for 3 or 4 days. Then, she decides she is done and gets up and never comes back. She leaves the started eggs to just sit. This is the third time she has abandoned her nest.
What the heck hen? I am not going to let her keep any eggs again.
How do I either get her to just sit on her eggs and hatch them, or stop sitting and starting eggs?
The issue? She will sit on the nest, on eggs, for 3 or 4 days. Then, she decides she is done and gets up and never comes back. She leaves the started eggs to just sit. This is the third time she has abandoned her nest.
What the heck hen? I am not going to let her keep any eggs again.
How do I either get her to just sit on her eggs and hatch them, or stop sitting and starting eggs?