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UPDATE--- Well..as of wendsday/thursday.. I have 3 chicks . 3 out of the four hatched ( one was a refridgerator egg too!)

Well, she's on 4 eggs. Will she try to steal the other girls eggs? Whats the chance of this actually working?

Well, I decided to have my wife yell at me as soon as she figures out what I'm doing. I pulled the golf balls and she is noe sitting on two eggs. Is it ok to put tomorrows eggs under her? I did this because I think its just plain easier than the alternative and since she is now bare brested .

OK HELP! I just went out an removed titlest, nike and Bertha from under my hen and marked the eggs she was on. When I picked her up, I felt skin, so I fliped her. She has lost all her down on her breast/ belly area. Did she do this herself to "build" a nest? There are no signs of mites/lice...

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Quote: Yeap, a roo...hence this question

Quote: I am 99.9% sure shes not. She was a hatching sis to the other one and the breeder I got here from had no Cuckoos. The egg would be on the light side of the maran eggs though, but for what I've seen from Rocks, its dark.

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Would the Black Orp. roo over the Blue/black Rock be bad? I also have a Bared Rock that is laying SUPER dark eggs, much darker than her sisters. Would that cross be bad too?

OH, just a tidbit of background info- Shes aprox a 23 weekold B/B Rock. The "daddy" is a black Orp. Not all of my other girls are laying as of yet. Just my Rocks. Hope this helps.

I have a hen that seems to have gone broody with the golfballs in the nesting box. Sooooooooo, here are my dumb questions. 1- If I remove the golfballs, will she stop? 2- By me removing her from the nest everytime I can, will this break her broodiness? 3- If I leave her to be broody, will the...