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I keep hearing about putting the eggs under a hen when she goes broody. How do you tell when a hen is going broody?

When exactly in the laying cycle should I remove my tom from the hens? When she lays the first egg or when? Also is early Feb too early to expect the hen to start setting and bring off a successful nest in N. Florida. I guess I am wondering when I should stop collecting the eggs for food and...

I am 61, a semi retired, (x trucker) taxidermist at present that has took to raising some heritage turkeys, a mix of chickens, and I also have some easterns in with my heritage turkeys. Right now I have 15 turkeys that I let out every morning to stretch their wings and fly up in one of our...