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My chicken will not get off her egg!

post #1 of 10
4/10/12 at 7:39am
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Hi there,

 

I have recently bought three new hens with no cockrel early today one of mychickens laid an egg and now won't get off it when I try to collect it. Is this normal? Do I need to force my chiken off?

 

 

AuntyCluck

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post #2 of 10
4/10/12 at 7:54am
frow.gif Welcome to the forum! frow.gif Glad you joined us! frow.gif

It sounds like your hen may be broody. That's where they want to hatch eggs and be a mommy. If she spends the night on the nest instead of roosting in her normal spot, she is probably broody. I make sure my broodies spend two nights on the nest before I give them eggs to make sure they are broody.

It is not sure she is broody. Sometimes hens will act like that anyway, but it does sound like her being broody is a strong possibility.

You need to collect the eggs every day. They are still good to use. Even if they were fertile, you could still use them if you collect them once a day. Sometimes long sleeves and gloves makes it less painful to check under a hen.

If she is truly broody you have two choices. You can break her and get her laying again. This thread might help if you want to do that.

Break a Broody Thread
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2176186#p2176186

The other option is to find her some fertile eggs and let her hatch them. You might find fertile eggs by talking to the people at the feed store. Somebody there might know where to get some. You could maybe go in your State thread in the "Where am I? Where are you?" section in this forum and hopefully find someone close that might have eggs.

If you find fertile eggs and decide to let her hatch, get back with us for help.

Good luck!!! and once again, frow.gif
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The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.....Judge Learned Hand  (The more sure your are that your way is the only right way, the more likely you are wrong.)
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post #3 of 10
4/10/12 at 8:00am

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post #4 of 10
4/10/12 at 12:01pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good advice given. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #5 of 10
4/10/12 at 1:08pm

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan frow.gif

 

I have one hen that is very grumpy on the nest, if you wait a while she  may just get up on her own.

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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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post #6 of 10
4/10/12 at 1:55pm

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Daria: Could you possibly be referring to the harsh light of reality?

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post #7 of 10
4/10/12 at 1:56pm

welcome-byc.gif Yep, she's broody, one of my hens is too right now. She'll sit on nothing! 

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post #8 of 10
4/10/12 at 3:41pm

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

 

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post #9 of 10
4/11/12 at 5:33am

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post #10 of 10
4/11/12 at 2:22pm

Sounds like she's gone broody. Does you puff up her feathers every time you come near her?

 

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  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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