Managing several broody hens

[CarolynEarley]

We live in Crete and we have three or four hens that are all going broody at the same time. We already have a hen with chicks in one brooder and another has just started to sit on a clutch of eggs in another. So that is both of our brooders occupied. Can we put more than one broody hen on her eggs in the same brooder at different ends? If we did what would happen? We are running out of spaces but want to have as many go broody and rear chicks as we can 08

 

[Chuck]

If you let two broodies share the same space, there's always a risk that both will want to sit on one lot of eggs, leaving the other clutch cold so safer to keep them apart.

 

[CarolynEarley]

Okat ... thanks