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    How do you break a broody hen?

    Thanks for your advice!!!
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    How do you break a broody hen?

    I have a hen who has been sitting on her eggs for about 4-5 days. I never see her leave the nest. When offered food, she nibbles at best. She's never been near a rooster, so the eggs aren't going to turn into chickens. My questions are these: 1. Are the eggs safe to eat? 2. Should I take...
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    Hello fellow chicken lovers!

    Thanks for the warm welcome! I currently have two of the three of my hens laying eggs now. Every morning we greet our chickens at the pen door. They anxiously wait for the door to open so that they can run outside into the garden to hunt for bugs and eat whatever green things are still...
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    Hello fellow chicken lovers!

    Hi everyone. I am Jill. I live in Minnesota and am new to the whole chicken thing. My children begged me into getting some chicks last May, and while the chicks grew up inside my house, I was outside building a coop. When the coop was finished and the chicks were bigger, they got moved...
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