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Not sure I understand. The hen that did the eating was the hen sitting for 21 days... today is hatch day

The wife and I are just kind of bummed out that this happened and on our first batch of broody hens. Really just wanted to see the hens be good mommas to the little fuzz balls. Now I find out the momma hen is as good as a crack addict for a mom. 😢

Well I have a disappointing update. Today the wife and I went to see if we had a chick pipping and sure enough we did. It had a nice pipp, was just a chirping away. We were very excited for our girls (daughters) to come home and see a baby chick or more hatched. I took the girls out to see the...

Thank you very much for your response. I feel much better now. I’m not sure how I can section off the nesting box and still allow the hens the ability to leave for food, water, and relieving themselves. I can turn the chicken tractor into a maternity ward or I could extend the main coop and...

I have a buff Orpington that went broody 14 days ago. Marked the 12 eggs. Then 7 days ago a second buff Orpington went broody. I decided to take half of the 12 and put them under broody hen #2 so they each have 6 eggs under each other. I didn’t want to have a huge amount a babies. My questions...