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my hens only lay on their eggs at night is this normal will they hatch their eggs?

post #1 of 6
10/29/12 at 5:12am
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my two hens lay one egg a day but they only lay on them at night will they hatch their eggs??

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post #2 of 6
10/29/12 at 12:54pm

If they only are sitting at night its doubtful if they will hatch unless the days stays at or near 100* Fahrenheit.  Even then they should be staying with the eggs at least a little during the day, if they really are broody.  They may just think that the nest is a good place to sleep.  Do they have perches to roost on?

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post #3 of 6
10/30/12 at 1:16am
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yes they have perches but they still wont stay with their eggs

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post #4 of 6
10/30/12 at 4:40am

Take the eggs out of the nests. Your hens aren't broody, and the eggs won't hatch since the hens aren't sitting on them all the time. The only reason they lay on them at night is because they prefer to sleep in the nest boxes instead of on the roosts. 

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post #5 of 6
10/30/12 at 4:52am
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Originally Posted by bobbi-j View Post

Take the eggs out of the nests. Your hens aren't broody, and the eggs won't hatch since the hens aren't sitting on them all the time. The only reason they lay on them at night is because they prefer to sleep in the nest boxes instead of on the roosts. 


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Your hens aren't broody, they just like to sleep in the nestboxes.

We have a flock of 75-ish hens: Blue Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Red Sex Links, Black Sex Links, Easter Eggers, Tetra Tints, white Leghorns, dark Cornish, various colors of Rocks, some barnyard mixes, and a little Buttercup, who's just here for pretty. 

 

Also 35 broilers plus six Easter Egger cockerels in the meat pen. But they won't be here long. 

 

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We have a flock of 75-ish hens: Blue Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Red Sex Links, Black Sex Links, Easter Eggers, Tetra Tints, white Leghorns, dark Cornish, various colors of Rocks, some barnyard mixes, and a little Buttercup, who's just here for pretty. 

 

Also 35 broilers plus six Easter Egger cockerels in the meat pen. But they won't be here long. 

 

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post #6 of 6
10/31/12 at 1:56am
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ok tnx for the advice :)

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