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I've had Tasha 3 years and I don't know how old she was when I got her but possibly a pullet. She was listed at auction as an Araucana but she's actually a scruffy little cross breed mutt with bags of personality and a moustache and beard to rival the grandpa in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I wasn;t...

Yes, I would candle and remove any clears and then leave her to it after that and let nature take it's course. The nest she abandoned may have been infested with mites rather than her actually knowing the eggs were infertile. I've had that happen before and now I always dust their nests with DE...

Like you I have faith in hens with natural instinct. Tasha is one of those and her granddaughter in the shed that I can't get to, is another. I have to say, my daily egg collection is actually an egg hunt and involves ladders and crawling into attic spaces and all sorts of nooks and...

Providing the nest is on the floor and there isn't a big lip on it that would prevent the chicks climbing back up into it, they will be fine. They probably won't come out of the nest at all until she encourages them to leave it, but occasionally, especially with large or staggered hatches, one...

The only other thing I would add to the above, is to think twice about moving her, particularly towards the end of her brood, as she may not take kindly to it and could abandon the eggs, which would be a desperate shame at that late stage. Better to let her hatch them all in the garage and then...