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    Hatching eggs ordering

    I am looking into ordering hatching eggs but am trying to figure out if they have to be picked up at the post office like live chicks or if the post office delivers the package with the eggs to your mailbox/house? Any suggestions on good hatcheries to order from are welcome too.
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    What are the chances a 2nd hen will go broody and help co-parent with another hen? When I checked on my broody this morning I had another hen that is now sitting on half the egg who is very angry that I was even close to them she puffed put and tried to bit me all while yelling at me lol. Is...
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Thank you! I am working on cleaning up the old duck run today to get her ready to move and I am going to candle the eggs tonight and see how many appear the be at the same stages so I can figure out what to do from there.
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Sounds good I have an old duck house/run I can move her too I just need to clean it up a little first. I have marked all the eggs she is sitting on and go out every few hours to pull the new ones laid by the other hens. Is it best to move the entire nesting box (the box she is in is easy to...
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Yes other hens had access to the nest. She was sitting on every egg Laid by all my hens except 4 and the eggs were laid over a 5 day period :rolleyes: it looked like most eggs were on day 3 or 4 based on the candle images I saw online. There were a few that were more on the day 2 or 3 side. I...
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Also if I got an incubator today could I move some of the eggs in there and leave the hen with only a small amount like 6 to handle and hatch the rest out of the incubator? Or is it to late in the process to switch to an incubator?
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Thank you for the reply. Would it be best to leave her with what comfortably fits under her or a specific number like 12 or 15 or something like that?
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Update: went out and candled the eggs tonight. 21 had definite veins so I left those pulled the rest that looked like duds and cracked the ones open that I pulled out. Out of the 15 I pulled 2 had heartbeats when cracked and 1 had just started to develop veins but had no heartbeat. My hen...
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Okay so I will definitely need to get rid of a little more than half. Any ideas on the best way to figure out which one to take away?
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Haha right! She is such a sweetheart. If she could hatch them all I bet she would. How many is a good number to let her sit on? And how should I pick which ones to get rid of? Just randomly pick from the outer edge or should I wait until it's been like 10 days and candle then remove the ones...
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    Thank you! I am hoping she will discard any non viable eggs like my duck did but figured I may be able to candle late next week and get her down to around 20 so she can keep them all covered.
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    I believe my one of my hens has gone broody. Anything special I need to do? When do I candle her egss, move her to her own space, discard bad eggs ect? Ive had a broody duck before and just let her do her thing but it was just her and my Drake. I have 14 hens total and 1 rooster and this is my...
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    Is this lice and/or mites?

    Just one rooster and 14 hens. Glad its not either. :weeAny idea why the rooster would be Lossing feathers like he is being over mated?
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    Is this lice and/or mites?

    Okay here are a few pictures. Let me know if I need to take more. The second from the last picture and it is the rooster who looks like he has scabs near where he is bare on his back side.
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    Is this lice and/or mites?

    Ok. I will definitely get some pictures of the base of the feathers tomorrow and post them for opinions.
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