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Avian Reproduction: Clutch Size, Incubation, & Hatching http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avianreproduction2.html

More information on clutches for the uninformed... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_incubation http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Incubation_Time.html http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/400-499/nb456.htm

I hear that wood ashes work against mites/lice. I dump a pile in my chicken run once and awhile for them to dust themselves in.

perchie.girl : Fred's Hens : No trick. However, most hens do lay by noon, with the stragglers laying later. If a hen doesn't "learn" to lay in the box, she's gonna get probation and not be allowed outside. If she does it again, she'd be culled. I've not had such a failure in many, many...

Quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_%28eggs%29 I've read it other places also, it's the nature of the bird (some breeds more than others), would'nt be many chickens if they went broody for one egg. I just read that wiki page, it does not say what you said it says. It's true for all...

Quote: Seriously? I have a hen sitting on an empty nest right now. Everyday I toss her, none too gently, trying to break her broodiness. I'm considering filling a tub of water so that she can start getting daily dunkings. If I didn't have more eggs than I needed right now I would. I was...

Quote: Seriously? I have a hen sitting on an empty nest right now. Everyday I toss her, none too gently, trying to break her broodiness. I'm considering filling a tub of water so that she can start getting daily dunkings. If I didn't have more eggs than I needed right now I would. I was...

Quote: Is this a fact ? what reference book/source ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_%28eggs%29 I've read it other places also, it's the nature of the bird (some breeds more than others), would'nt be many chickens if they went broody for one egg.

Hens won't set (get broody) till there is a clutch of eggs, usually a dozen.

1. I like the round hanging feeders, i use some vintage galvanized ones, they have a smaller footprint and still provides 360° of trough. 2. Hanging 5 gal buckets with nipple waterers, best idea ever, keeping a backup heater for this winter. 3. Stake down the dog kennel brooding pen, lost a...