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Thank you Sourland I appreciate your attention. I have bred chicks for many years but have not come across such a lazy hen. She has access to the outside in her pen but chose to come out to eat & then poop on her eggs. However she did successfully hatch 6 delightful chicks I'm pleased to say.

I have been keeping chickens for about 12 years, mainly Bantams but over the past 3 years I have included some rescue hens which live contentedly with my Bantams. My Bantams are a mixture, some Silver Laced Wyandottes and a Sablepoot cockerel. I have hatched many chicks recently from this...

I have a hen who poops on her eggs while sitting to hatch. I have cleaned up after her & wiped the eggs but they are still dirty. Will this affect the hatching?