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    incubation time: hen vs incubator?

    Hello Chicken Friends, I have had chickens for about 7 years, now, and have had only one broody hen, a Welsummer (Begonia). She is a very faithful setter. In theory, she should be able to easily handle 8 to 10 eggs, but I have found that in the past, only 5 or 6 stay under her, reliably...
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    NOT egg bound, but swollen posterior

    I was anxiously awaiting an egg from my hen, Tuvalou, which would hopefully be fertile, so I could put it under a different hen who is currently broody. That is why I happened to feel her bum, to see if an egg was imminent. It feels much larger than any of my other hens' back sides, and since...
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