Response to broody hen

If you have a broody hen that thinks she is broody, throw her off the nest and see. If she returns after a few min. and gets back on the nest, she usually means busness. I have a small pen that I call my chick pen. I will put the broody hen in the pen with a box of fresh eggs(my choice). All by herself with the eggs and it might take 2 days. But she will settle herself on the eggs and hatch them out. There is no other chickens in the pen to lay, and theres just one nest. This way she don't get off and get back on the wrong nest. This has over the years worked quite well for me.

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