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Many thanks. I have just spoken to a friend of mine who has offered me some day old chicks instead. I might try fostering these onto her instead, but its not gonna be the same as hatching my own :(. I tried to candle them when I got them, and I tried again today. I am fairly amateur at this, but...

Hi there, my broody hen has been sitting on 5 eggs which were supposed to be fertile when I bought them off the internet. She's now on day 23 and has sat really patiently. How much longer should I wait? If the eggs are not going to hatch, is it too late to put some more under her to try again...

She gave them away because she was having to work a lot of different shifts and was also struggling to find someone to look after them while she was on holiday. Am not sure what kind of food she was feeding them on. But its probably not a good idea to change it again now. The chickens are doing...

I feed them on an ad lib feeder off roughly 50% layers pellets, 25% bruised barley and 25% corn. If you can suggest something else then I will certainly try it. Many thanks :)

Aw thanks for your reply. Any idea how long a rest she might need? Weeks, months? Many thanks again :) Penny

Hi there, am new to all this so please bear with me. I got 4 chickens and 1 duck (all female) from a friend, about 2 months ago. The day after I got them the duck laid an egg, and did every day up until about a month ago. There has been nothing since. She is a Khaki/Aylesbury cross, she seems in...