I put six fertilized eggs under my broody hen in the afternoon of May 9 and still nothing is happening. She's been a good mama, but I did find her off her nest, sitting in a different nesting box on Day 20. It was one of our colder days, and the eggs were definitely chilled. Did this kill them...
I have an almost one-year-old hen who has always had vent problems. It's been swollen on and off and we're constantly cleaning the poop away, giving her baths..etc.
Today I went to the chicken coop and she didn't come out to free range with the others. I noticed it looked like her vent had...