Both of my <1 year hens seem to want chicks of their own, but one is particularly dedicated. The temps are still close to freezing some nights—it even snowed this morning—but sunlight dictates everyone is laying and molting. Yet my broody girl hasn't started her molt, and I'm wondering if being on a nest is interfering with other yearly cycles.
She's on 12 "empty" eggs and I plan on screening off her side of the aviary tonight to keep the other hens out of her little hut. Before I go and order any hatching eggs, should I be worried about her molt?
She's on 12 "empty" eggs and I plan on screening off her side of the aviary tonight to keep the other hens out of her little hut. Before I go and order any hatching eggs, should I be worried about her molt?