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Have had a hen carry tom semen for 4 months.
One will say no way, but it doesn't matter what one thinks because it did happen.
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Have had a hen carry tom semen for 4 months.
One will say no way, but it doesn't matter what one thinks because it did happen.
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how much times it takes for hen to finish egg laying period and be brood and which eggs i should use for hatch(fresh eggs will be decayed??)
A hen will lay a clutch of 10-14 eggs before setting, if she chooses to set. The first eggs laid will not be rotten, they wait for incubation as long as they are not in a puddle or in the mud. They just don't start to develop until they are incubated.
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how much takes hen to be broody??? after how many eggs hen will be broodied??!!
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Most of my hens will go broody on a clutch of 8 to 12 eggs. Another hen didn't go broody until she had a clutch of 24 eggs (she had lots of help). And yet another hen went broody on a single fake egg because it was nearly the end of the laying season.
It really boils down to the individual hen.
It can vary considerably. Part of the equation is the hen herself and part of the equation is whether it is near the start of laying season or near the end.
Most of my hens will go broody on a clutch of 8 to 12 eggs. Another hen didn't go broody until she had a clutch of 24 eggs (she had lots of help). And yet another hen went broody on a single fake egg because it was nearly the end of the laying season.
It really boils down to the individual hen.
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it does not related to turkey kind and their race??!! my hens are black and they layed more than 14 eggs and still they are not broody.
Are you leaving the eggs in the nest or are you collecting the eggs? It is the number of eggs in the clutch that can cause a hen to go broody. How many eggs she has laid doesn't have much bearing on broodiness if the eggs are constantly being removed. One of the best methods to prevent a turkey hen from going broody is to keep collecting her eggs. I have had hens lay all summer long because I kept collecting their eggs. When I am ready for a hen to go broody, I stop collecting her eggs and let her alone.
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