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  1. Teacherchick18

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    So I was able to get my other hens to lay in a different box. I didn't want close her off to leaving when she needs. I go and check the nest each day when she's off and every day there's a broken egg. :barnie I scooped more bedding in but I'm not sure why eggs keep getting broken. Would a hen...
  2. Teacherchick18

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Honestly I don't know who is at the top. We only have 3 chickens. She is an ameraucana and the others are a Dominique and a Rhode Island Red. They've been together since birth and always travel together nicely...never seen anyone fighting or taking charge. If the others go in there to lay they...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks! I put a doz eggs under her all at the same time and marked them all. My biggest concern right now is that I've read a lot about moving the hen. Right now she's in a nest where everyone lays. I don't want the eggs getting broken when others come in while she's away. Should she be moved...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hello! I hope it's ok if I jump on here with a question. I just had one of my Ameraucanas go broody. Since I don't have a rooster, the poor thing is sitting for nothing! I always hatch in an incubator and have several doz chicks cheeping away right now which is why I think she's gone broody...
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