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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    One week down ... two to go! I haven't seen her off the nest. I bring her water because it has been so hot here. This morning I gave her the tops of two strawberries. If she's hungry I'm sure she'll go eat!
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    Same thing here, we have other ladies in and out of the coop. But we never find eggs anywhere but in the nest boxes.
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    Same thing happened to us. We found one broken and one just completely disappeared. Think mama might have eaten it. No shell, nothing left. Very odd. Lucky 13 on the nest now. Our Broody mama is never off the nest!
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    :D Oh congrats. How wonderful!
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    I offered her a drink before I set it in the corner and she took a few gulps.
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    So far so good. I have such a dedicated broody girl. It's be very hot here and although I said I'd just let mother Nature take its course I did start putting a tiny condiment container of water to her each day. Her comb is so droopy and pale that I thought it was best to at least keep her...
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    There are a lot of threads on this section that had good advice. I read through a lot of them. I'm going with a very hands off approach and let nature take its course. Once the chicks hatch I'll probably have to section her off until she takes the lowere nest box. She was not interested in...
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    Good luck!
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    First time raising a clutch using a broody hen!

    We are so excited! We received our fertilized eggs today and my son's favorite hen LoLo, a black Australorp, has settled right down on her clutch! She turned broody about a month ago and despite our best efforts to stop her broody behavior, we are stuck with her this way. So we decided to...
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