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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: Thats a bummer. I have a broody right now sitting on nothing, I have tried taking her off the nest and putting her outside but nope back she goes, and because I can't close the door[the others need to go in to lay] I just finally gave up and am letting it run it's course. They do...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, I finally gave up on the remaining 4 eggs that didn't hatch. I broke them open and found that they never developed. Not sure how I was able to misread the candling so badly. Sure looked like a developing chick to me. Now I don't know how I should proceed. Now both my hens are broody...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'm so depressed. Friday has supposed to be hatch day, but none of my 5 remaining eggs hatched. I decided to "sacrifice" the one egg that I was suspicious of and check the developent process. When I cracked the egg open, it was obvious that although there was some development, it had not gone...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: Hi and congrats on your first broody! you'll enjoy so much watching mama and her chicks. Thats all you'll have to do is watch, except for making sure they have food and water of course. BO make great mamas. Pipping is when the chick breaks through into the air sac. you'll be able to...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, today is day 19 of my broody BO hen sitting on eggs. As this is my first experience I was hoping for some advise as to what to expect. I candled the eggs again a couple of days ago and the 2 eggs I was questioning on day 10 have not changed, so I tossed them. As I suspected nothing had...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Yesterday was day 10 so I candled the 7 eggs that my BO hen has been brooding. To my untrained eye I see major shadowing on 5 eggs, 1 I'm not sure about as the shadowing looks different than the other 5 (all to one side and looks more red then dark) and 1 that doesn't look good at all. My...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: non broody's love to lay eggs in a broodys nest. A broody will get up for 15 minutes to a 1/2 hour a day. Many times you don't even see them get up. And not all will get up everyday. So I would venture to guess that your non broody laid the egg. aren't those shellless eggs the...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I am confused and I know that with all the hen savy people on this list, someone will be able to help. I have 2 hens. One hen sarted acting broody a couple of weeks ago, so I bought 6 fertiziled eggs to put under her and hopefully hatch out. 7 arrived with the order. She has dutifully been...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I've had a broody BO for the past 2 weeks and received my fertilized eggs today. Unbeknownst to me (first time with a broody) I set the eggs under her this morning. My hen seemed to take them well and not reject any based on looking in on her the couple of times today. Currently, her nest is...
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    Broody Hen Question

    I too am having issues with a BO that has been broody for about a week. I am intersted in obtaining some fertilized eggs to help her through this, but I don't know how she and my other hen would react to new chicks. Would she continue to "mother" them or would I need to separate the chicks...
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    Laying after injury?

    I just wanted to share that my injured hen laid her first egg after her terrible injury last month. It was a little smaller than before her injury (medium insead of X-Large) and the shell color was a little lighter tht before. I'm guessing that both will return to normal in time. Thanks for...
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    Laying after injury?

    Thank you Glenda for the recipe. I will prepare it. However, she does seem happy. As I said, she is eating well, scratching and wandering all about. I do give yogurt a couple times a week now as they do love it. I also have been giving meal worms and sunflower kernels as treats. They are...
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    Laying after injury?

    Hi, I'm new to the list. I tried reading old posts to see if the subject had been covered. I couldn't find it, but then, I'm not sure if the question would be in this topic. Anyway... About 3 weeks ago, my Buff was injured by some type of preditor (another was taken). Although I thought she...
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