Try putting that broodie in a dog kennel or cage with food and water and a nest and her eggs, room to stretch her legs but not a lot more, still within the coop. Keeps her safe and can do her own thing, Some days I let them out in the coop for 15 min, with the coop hatch closed so they can eat and exercise a little, then get back on their nest. And yes, some days I have forgotten to open the coop back up.Blizblaz wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:37 pmMy chickens are driving me nuts! I have a broody hen who refuses to move to a different spot where the others can’t bother her, and of course the other hens want to go in that particular nesting box. I let her have some eggs after my fox mishap, and every few days there seems to be one less, and today there was a crushed egg with a little feathered body in it…then when I put something up to stop the one that crushed the egg from getting at the nest again, she proceeded to bully another hen off her nest and start a huge feather pulling and neck twisting fight!
I’m hoping to pick up some day olds in a couple of days and that she will take to them, so maybe I can move her and give the remaining eggs to one of my less particular broodies.
Seems to work pretty good for me and mine anyway.
