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    First time broody hen - first time chicken owner - help?!

    Wow thank you so much for all those answers!! I don’t have an incubator unfortunately, the problem seems to be when the chicks run about and she gets up with them she doesn’t return to the eggs and will then just sit wherever she can get the chicks back under her. I’ll keep monitoring her and...
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    First time broody hen - first time chicken owner - help?!

    Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the quick reply. I didn’t set them she was doing that all herself, I didn’t get a chance to count eggs until well into the first week when I counted 6 and that amount remained unchanged throughout the time she’s been sitting on them
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    First time broody hen - first time chicken owner - help?!

    Hi all - I am a first time chicken owner and I had no intentions on hatching chicks but one of my hens had other plans. I’m sorry for the long post ahead but I’m trying to give as much info as possible to get an answer. If it helps, I live in New Zealand (Northland) I can’t be sure but I think...
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