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    Broody Hen now has "extra eggs" in her clutch......what to do?

    Thanks for the input. I think I'll candle any eggs that don't hatch on hatch day to see which are still viable, and then put in the neighbors incubator. Next time i need to leave my broody in with her cage mates I will surely mark those eggs she started out with. I have learned a lot from...
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    Broody Hen now has "extra eggs" in her clutch......what to do?

    I have a broody hen, one of my buff orpington girls, who has been setting on a clutch of eggs since March 19. She's been setting in a regular nest box in the main coop with all the other girls. She was setting on 13 eggs (or so I thought......). Late last night, since she's getting close to...
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    Broody Hen

    Last summer BOTH of my Buff Orpington hens went broody, about 3 weeks apart. I kept them separate from the rest of the flock, and got some fertile eggs for them to sit on from my neighbor. Both did not eat or drink (or poop) almost the whole time. I kept food & water available, right next to...
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    Help! How do I get them to roost?

    I had a problem when my hens were young and moved out of the brooder and into their first coop. they would all huddle together right in front of the big person door so we couldn't get into the coop. None would go up onto the roosts i'd put in there, so each night, after it was dark, i would go...
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