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Yep I understand that they don't lay the issue is that she hasn't even laid a fertile egg yet. She is just sitting on an empty nest...

My hen (Snow White) appeared to be broody so I left her be for a few days when I went to Che k under her for the egg (I will date the eggs so I know about when the will hatch) there was no egg. Snow White has been sitting in her nest box for over a week now and still no eggs, is there something...

Does anyone know if chickens are afraid of owls? I thought about getting one of those fake ones and puttingit by the steps of the deck to keep them off....

Need some advice. Our egg was 21 days on Monday and there still is no sign of it hatching. I have found the hen sitting in another nest (not even on any eggs) which caused the fertile egg to be pretty much ice cold. She has done this about 3 times. Is the egg a loss? How long do I leave the...

The chick is only 2 weeks old so it will be ok to let them (momma and chick) roam the yard with the rest of them? With the weather being like it is (only high 40's during the day), will it be warm enough? Will momma keep it close and warm enough? Sorry for all the questions, like I said we...

Space is an issue. I don't have a place to put the momma and chick, if I need to put the broody in the rabbit hutch with the heat lamp. I live in Minnesota and we are coming up on some cold, cold few months. How old does the chick have to be before I can put them in the run with the rest of the...

I am new to this chicken hobby, and have some questions about hatching eggs and baby chicks. We have a chick that is 4 days old. I have it with momma in a separate cage with in the coop with a heat lamp. We now have another broody hen that just just laid. Can I put that egg in with the momma...

My eggs are about 1 week from hatching,when I moved mamma today an egg was stuck under her feet and I dropped it about 6 inches and it cracked, nothing was leaking out of it so I put it back under momma, I just checked and it and there was some blood but looks like it sealed its self. Will it...

One of the hens is sitting on 2 fertile eggs however everyday there is another egg in her nest. Is it common for another hen to get into the nest box with her and lay? Iam almost positive that she does not leave her nest. I take her out and sit ber by the food and water every 2 days, so she...

I am new to this site and chickens all together. I have a question that kinda falls under this...my broody left her nest and sat on another egg my guess her eggs sat for about 5 hours or so, its about 45 degrees out, and the eggs about 11 days old. Will the eggs still hatch?