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The broodies have been kept in a separate aviary from laying hens so that no additional eggs were added to the nest after setting commenced. This also stopped any interference from other hens during the sitting process. The two sets of eggs were purchased through two separate reputable breeders...

I had two hens go broody within about a week of each other. I normally just break their broodiness, but this time I set some fertile eggs underneath them. The first hen to hatch chicks hatched 11 out of 14 eggs. It was a 7 day split between the first and last egg to hatch. Unfortunately one of...