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  1. bobbi-j

    I have a hen that is sitting on two eggs and now have a hen laying eggs in the same nest.

    Thick long sleeves, and heavy gloves. Those are your friends!
  2. bobbi-j

    I have a hen that is sitting on two eggs and now have a hen laying eggs in the same nest.

    If you don't want your hens to hatch more eggs, the best thing to do is break their broodiness. Take her off the eggs, and put her a wire-bottomed, elevated cage of some sort with food and water, but no bedding. You want to cool her belly down. It should be over in 3-5 days. You are the human...
  3. bobbi-j

    I have a hen that is sitting on two eggs and now have a hen laying eggs in the same nest.

    As Egghead said, mark the 5, check every day and remove the rest. If she abandons the other three eggs after the first ones hatch, you can either try to incubate the others, or just toss them. Or, ,maybe you can candle them and get rid of the ones that are less developed than the others, if...
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