Why does nobody warn you that a broody hen will sit on anything, including a doorknob
Went out to the coop in the rain last Wednesday and found my Buff Orpington parked on a golf ball in the corner of the run, so I blocked off the nest box with a milk crate and she spent two hours pacing and squawking at me like I canceled her whole life, and now I need to know: does the crate trick actually break them or do I just have a stubborn bird?