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    Is it okay to not break a broody hen if we don't have fertilized eggs?

    Thank you (and all!) for the replies! Yeah, I appreciate this train of thought. I mean, from the jump, what is even "natural" about these animals that we've bred to such a dramatic degree. So here, I struggle with whether it's better for her to have a difficult and cold 72 hours in a cage that...
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    Is it okay to not break a broody hen if we don't have fertilized eggs?

    We have a hen that's been broody for the past 5 days. We don't have a rooster and aren't ready to expand our flock by adding fertilized eggs. Is it okay to just let her run through her 21 day broody cycle? We don't mind being one egg short during that time, and I kind of prefer it to trying to...
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