Broody hen keeps eating eggs halfway through incubation.
She’s been broody for months. Every time I think she’s going to hatch some eggs and get it out of her system, she fucking eats them! After her horrific meal, it’s not long before she lays more eggs and starts incubating from scratch.
Of course she has access to food and water, so it’s not like she’s doing this out of necessity.
EDIT: To clarify, as folks have asked, it’s literally right under her face. I worried she wouldn’t eat/drink if it wasn’t right there.
I don’t think she’s eating the eggs because the embryos have died. They seemed to be developing appropriately when I candled them, and she has raised a chick to adulthood before.
I’m fond of her, so I’d like to see her end this constant cycle of broody, cannibalistic, broody.
I’m a novice, and could really use some advice from more experienced chicken folks.