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    How many fit?

    standard size or bantam size? My bantam RIR can easily sit on 6-8 full size (regular) eggs. I also have another RIR bantam sitting on 5 very large duck eggs very easily.
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    Will chilly outdoor temps affect a hatch with eggs under a broody?

    So it should be about 15-20 degrees warmer here outside than it is, but today is my hatch day for my broody who has been sitting tight for 21 whole days. She has been doing great staying on the eggs most of the time minus about 15 minutes twice a day, but last night was pretty cold, down to 25...
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    bantam hen sitting on eggs ! how many large hen eggs will she be fit to sit on ?

    If you can leave her where she is and divide her off from the others that is probably the best thing to do in my opinion. Other people have brooder boxes and other coops etc to keep broody hens in but I don't have that right now so I just divide her a spot off from everyone else in my coop. I...
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    Day 22

    try reading this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/45583/how-come-people-are-so-anxious-to-help-chicks-hatch and this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9316/intervention-helping-your-chicks-hatch I think most people are going to say to let it sit a little longer before you intervene.
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    Natural Reproduction?

    I have two Rhode Island Red bantams who are very broody- one it seems like at the drop of a hat.
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    Tips for newbies. Everyone join in! :)

    KaysKoop you can't make her be broody and want to sit on eggs no matter how hard you try. If she isn't sitting on the nest for the majority of the day she isn't broody. Not all hens will be broody. What kind of banty hen is she? My Rhode Island Red banty hens are good at being broody for me...
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    bantam hen sitting on eggs ! how many large hen eggs will she be fit to sit on ?

    Hi- I don't know about moving her. I think most people suggest not to do it or if you do to move her at night so it doesn't bother her as much. It can cause her to loose interest in the eggs if you move her. Mine is broody now and she was never moved away from the other chickens but they were...
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    So Sad and So confused about missing egg

    She is closed off from the rest now in the nest box thanks to some strategically placed cardboard. I was not going to cause her the stress of doing that until I saw some piping but I decided to go ahead and do it now. She hadn't been bothered too much by the others. I just can't believe they...
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    So Sad and So confused about missing egg

    So I have a broody in my coop who is on day 20 today. She has been sitting tight on 6 eggs for 20 days with no problems and this morning I went right out to let out all the chickens and she got up to go eat and poo so I went to peek in the nest and one of the eggs had disappeared. There is...
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    My Little Urban Farm Flock

    When my husband and I bought our 100+ year old house on the Near East Side of Indianapolis in 2008 we began gardening right away, but it took 4 years before we were able to add chickens to our little homestead. When I began working on a small farm in 2009 and became exposed to the freshest of...
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    Broody rolling eggs out of nest

    nittanyxi thank you for the advice about fixing up the nest. I have already been adding lots of extra litter as she seems to knock it out getting in and our of the nest. I will try to add the wood tonight or tomorrow to make it deeper too. Overnight seemed to be ok again- all the eggs were...
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    Broody rolling eggs out of nest

    Thanks Scottyhorse for the response. I am at day 10 today I hate to think all was going well until now when she kicked them out into the cold. I candled on day 7 and determined there was some action just because all of them had really dark spots inside and weren't totally clear, but I can't see...
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    I have a Ova View and scope coming soon

    I will be happy to know how it works on blue eggs. I am doing my first eggs now and they are blue and dark brown which maybe was a bad choice for a first timer because I can't see a darn thing in there really. On one blue I caught sight of a few veins and last night after dark I thought I saw...
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    Broody rolling eggs out of nest

    Hi All, this is actually my first post thought I have been reading threads for several months. What I have going on now is a whole new world to me. I haven't ever hatched, I just started by purchasing 3 hens late last August. 3 are now 5 total and one is a bantam Rhode Island Red (Brownie) who...
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