Broody Hen

I have a mix of ten chickens. The single rooster in the flock is a Buff Orpington. For about one week now one of my hens has gone broody. She is Dark Cornish. Yesterday I set up area for her to sit on eggs in peace and quite from the other chickens just below the main nesting boxes.


She seems to have taken to the new nest box and is sitting on 6 eggs from some of the other hens. One or two of the eggs are from her.






So if my calculations are correct she should hatch out the clutch in 20 more days around the 17th of April. Curious to she how she does. If this goes well then we can expect to have some chicken for eating in 3-4 months from now.