I marked 8 eggs under my broody hen with a pencil and for a few days lifted her off daily and checked to make sure there were no new eggs under her. She pecked at me, but didn't reject the eggs. I need to get her moved to the little broody coop I built to separate her from the rest of the flock to hatch her young. You would need to do this too.

I've also noticed that my buff orp hens really seem to "flatten out" onto the nest when they are really serious about it. They'll also pick the fire outta you for reaching under them. They leave the nest box very seldom for food and water.

You might want to go ahead and move your hen to a next box in a separate area with however many eggs you want her to sit on. No need to mark the eggs that way either. Then watch to make sure she sticks with it.

When a hen is broody, you rarely catch them off the nest.

They usually get off at daybreak or just before nightime.
Go out 3 or 4 times a day. If you see the same hen sitting in the nest box each time, then she is probably trying to hatch the eggs.

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How do you pursued a hen to sit any tricks mine just keeps laying has ten eggs waiting plan to mark em at 12 and start collecting eggs again only have one hen and one rooster. Thanks for any suggestions RR