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    My broody hen stopped sitting eggs due to hatch soon

    My hen went broody February 24th, I took the eggs away each night, I was hatching baby chicks I set in egg incubator Feb 13th so he wasn’t going to let her hatch babies. But the 28th I finally just let her have 4. We started building a separate area so when she got close we could give her a safe...
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    Incubated chickens.... can a broody hen raise them??

    So I’m hatching 7 eggs right now... strangely my Buff Minorca went broody a few days ago... we are on day 16 right now and I’m wondering if I should take her eggs and slide my hatched babies under her at night... or let her hatch her own babies and these just brood separately.... Any advice? Or...
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    I’m new to the forum....

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I hatched my first group when I was in the 6th grade, all 15 hatched. Sadly a Mink killed them all. About 8 years ago I decided to get chickens as an adult :) I’m on my 4th group now. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 45...
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    Possibly hatching 2 sets of twin eggs

    I currently have 7 eggs in my incubator. Upon candling I found my really large egg possibly has 2 embryos. I have a second egg, it’s not much bigger than a regular egg (maybe a tad bigger) it appears to also have 2 embryos in it. We are on day 13.... I’ve been following forums and found one from...
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