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    Can I encourage earlier sitting on a clutch by isolating the hen?

    Well I took the advice and didn't move her to the 'Hen Palace' until she sat on her clutch, 16 eggs in all, a few days later. I opened the door after a frw days and she would venture out for 30 minutes or so before returning to her nest. As the days went buy she spent less and leess time off the...
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    Can I encourage earlier sitting on a clutch by isolating the hen?

    My friends will ensure they'll be allowed free range all day but I was going to move her and her nest to their own small hen house so if she does start sitting while I'm gone, and not sleeping in the hen house, she can be locked up overnight for protection. I'm hoping she'll take to them, she...
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    Can I encourage earlier sitting on a clutch by isolating the hen?

    I have a rescued hen that hatched out 8 eggs (eggs came from the internet) earlier in the spring. Fantastic Mom! Kept a rooster, who is now her suitor. They are inseperable. She has layed a clutch of 12 eggs, as of today. She made a nest in a woodpile in the yard but has not started brooding...
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