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At least 29 days for hatching to take place.....Have I waited long enough?

She gets off the nest once a day for about 10 minutes... today is day 25...... she's committed to sitting on them.... I'll give it a few more days.

:/Can someone tell me how long I should wait to assume the 6 eggs are not going to hatch. I have a hen that's been brooding on 6 eggs now for approx. 24 days. I have an active rooster who is all the time riding the hens.... so I'm assuming some were fertilized. I'm new at this. I didn't candle...

Can someone tell me how long I should wait to assume the 6 eggs are not going to hatch. I have a hen that's been brooding on 6 eggs now for approx. 24 days. I have an active rooster who is all the time riding the hens.... so I'm assuming some were fertilized. I'm new at this. I didn't candle...

Ridgerunner- Thanks for the welcome. I read your forum that you suggested and it makes a lot of sense. We have 3 separate runs that come off from the chicken coop to move them around a bit .... to give different areas "a rest" when needed. I think what I need to do is put my brooder in...

I am new at raising chickens.... but I've always loved chickens and now have 1 rooster and 4 hens. I have a small chicken coop 5' x 7' with 6 laying boxes. Can someone advise me what to do.... I have a hen that all of a sudden went brooding on me. She began brooding 2 days ago. She will not let...

Hello... I'm a new member and today is my first day in this site. I don't know a lot about chickens but I LOVE chickens. I have 1 rooster and 4 hens. I'm hoping to learn A LOT from this site.