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    Brahma chickens

    Where did you find one?
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    Hens not laying

    We have 7 hens, all have been productive. 3 of them were introduced into the flock this past July. We figured there needed to be some adjustment time as they got used to each other. My husband brought in a tractor to do some landscaping and even moved the coop. There has been no disturbance...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    In my VERY limited experience (1 clutch of chicks), the mama hen easily kept the chicks safe as long as they couldn't get out of the fence where there was no one to watch over them. While they were in the fenced yard Mama fended off the other hens.
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    Our broody stayed inside the coop in a "public" nest. The other hens kept laying eggs with her in there and fortunately no eggs were broken. After a few days we marked all the eggs we wanted her to sit on and kept taking the new ones out. She wasn't too happy with us disturbing her, but it...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    In our case, once the eggs hatched, the others didn't, even though we left them in the next box 2 more days. We threw them out, not looking inside to see what they were doing. Of course since there are no chicks for her to care for, it wouldn't hurt to give them another day or two, but I...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    We have a rooster so all our eggs are fertile. Last summer we let our one broody hen sit on a nest of eggs contributed by several of the hens. The day eggs began hatching hubby went to the farm store and bought 3 chicks (just in case there weren't many chicks from those eggs). she had been in...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    We have raised only 1 batch of chicks. Our broody was a Barred Rock and sat in a nest 18" off the floor for 3 weeks. I told hubby we needed to get her down to the floor right away becuase the eggs would be hatching within a couple of days. He got a cardboard box that fit under the nest boxes...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    When our Barred Rock hatched eggs, we slipped 3 chicks under her that hubby bought from the local farm supply. She took them right in, but I believe it was probably because only 2 of her eggs had hatched at that point and she still had several more working at breaking shells. She was a really...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    WE HAVE CHICKS!!! Our broody has been sitting for 23 days in a nest about 18" off the floor and I've been after hubby to have a box on the floor for her. He did it just this morning before going to work, lifted the whole lining from the nest then put mama on top of them. I checked 4 hours later...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    Hubby decided to check up on what she is sitting on so made her lift up while he was cleaning a couple of days ago. I left 8 eggs for her to sit on. On Thursday last week he saw 3 peeking out from under her feathers that were all unmarked, so he brought them inside. I candled them and couldn't...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    That gives me hope! The other hens are leaving her alone and we now get several eggs from another next on the other side of the coop. As far as I know, she has not left the next for more than a few minutes here and there. Definitely never when I've been out to check. I left her with 8 eggs, but...
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    Advice on letting broody hen hatch eggs

    I am new to this. Our 12 hens and roo are just over a year old and one hen is very broody. Several hens use one particular nest (I always find 5-6 eggs there every day), but it is the nest where the broody sits. One day nearly 2 weeks ago I left 8 eggs there, marked them all with a marker. Have...
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