Well I've got some bad news guys, I went to check on my hen yesterday and 5 of her 7 eggs were broken, she had only been sitting for 4 days. Would a broody eat her eggs??? I can't figure out what could have happend she's been so protective of them. She's completely isolated nothing could have...
yes, they might be broody. Are the eggs fertile? If they are truely broody they will lay their clutch then sit and stop laying eggs. Our hen started sitting like crazy everyday we went out to collect eggs and she was sitting on them. We just took them out from under her and the next day same...
Hi, I just joined today and I'm so excited, our hen is going to be a mama the first week of July. This is our first time and so far so good she's been on her eggs three days now. This is such an amazing experience for us especially my 4 year old son. We ran into a couple of minor issues but...
Hi all!! i'm new to this I have a broody hen but no rooster. She has been laying for a couple of weeks off and on and we kept just taking her eggs away. Well we felt so bad for her that we ordered her some fertilized eggs (7) and she's so happy sitting on her eggs. We separated her from the...