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CTKen has raised a good point. As I do not have a rooster, when my gals get fertile eggs they are ones I have ordered so they are all just given to them at the same time. I do not think it is normal for a hen to go broody before she starts laying but I guess there is always an exception. Any...

Turns out hubby is watching the girls so I can reply now Hens do not lay while they are broody. How it usually works is that lay a clutch of eggs 8, 10, 12 or however many they like and then they stop laying and sit on the eggs. While they are building up the clutch, they do not stay on...

I have two hens, hatched here, same mum; one is confident and the other very skittish. However, the confident one is moving her way up the pecking order and the skittish one is still bottom of the pecking order. Being bottom is one of the reasons she remains skittish. There is no real...

Howdy mamabokbok You have received some great advice to date and I probably will not be able to add much, if any more. However, I will go through your questions and respond with some thoughts, not necessarily answers, but maybe suggestions. While not the norm, co-broodys are also not rare...