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    Today's temperature = # of eggs.

    Does excessive rain stop them from laying? My girls were doing fine until we've had extremely wet weather. Hardly any eggs this week? Normally get about 3 or 4 on average a day? Anybody else got that experience? Its about 13 to 15 degrees C here at the moment. Or would it be the change in...
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    Need some major help

    This site has helped me out on a regular base when i started my chicken raising adventures so do a bit of browsing into previous posts. As to your question, It also depends a bit on where you live as far as outside temperatures is concerned. My first batch hatched in october last year. I raised...
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    Abandoned egg

    None of the eggs hatched. A day or so later mummy chicken left all eggs and despite the fact that we put them in the incubator as well, none of the eggs hatched. Now have 3 fresh eggs in the incubator which hopefully will hatch sometime next week..
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    Abandoned egg

    Thanks for that, i thought something like that too. I'll keep you posted.
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    Abandoned egg

    My broody hen has been sitting on three eggs for about 21 days, and this afternoon moved one eggs from underneath her and added a fresh one under her to sit on. The separated egg was cold by the time i found it, i took it out and put it in the incubator together with the other freshly laid egg...
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    Broody chicks

    Two of the eggs have hatched and I've separated both broody mums, the two chicks and the last egg from the others. They seem to just continue with what they were doing before.
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    Broody chicks

    Thanks all for your suggestions. I've decided to let them be and see what happens. The two broody hens 'jobshare' when one has a break the other stays back and sits on all the eggs, and vice versa. How good is that. They are very protective, chase the other hens and bird life away from the coop...
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    Broody chicks

    I've successfully raised 3 chicks from our own chicken in an incubator, but now two of my big chickens are broody and each are sitting on two eggs. We've always taken the eggs, but decided to let nature takes its course and give the girls the chance to do it them selves.. I've marked the eggs...
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