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Jen - thanks for the info, will be sure to keep an eye out on those feathers. Sorry to hear about your girl. I hate when I loose one! Good Idea on the traps and shot gun. We have the traps set and guns ready to go ourselves!!! Country - I would love to have a white Christmas again too!!! Have...

Yeppers... Girl, we were snowed in!!! Couldn't go no where!!!! Good thing we had food in the house LOL... it wouldnt have mattered anyways, stores were closed LOL. That same year my son made an iglo and got frost bit... he was about 10 then... had to do the special bath and get him drunk from JD...

I am right there with ya as for the excitement part... DH thinks I am just crazy. I used to live in Elkhart/Goshen (border of MI & IN) area so I remember those winters well. Now that I am in VA we get nothing like we did up there!!! LOL.... do you remember the bad snow storm in January of...

Ellen, Thanks for the info!!! Another worry I had was the fact that she might not sit the full 21 days and no bator... i would feel awful!!! I am definatly learning alot from all of you and appreciate it very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, Tes

Country Gal - she got off the nest after about 3 hours... oh well... I will keep you updated to let you when and if she goes boody. It has been fun with you since you are going throught the same as I am. To be honest, I am kinda scared and worried about the coming weather and hatching out eggs...

Tuff - Thank you for the info. That is what I thought I would do, so I would know which are which. Incase when she is off one of the others jumps on and lays. Coutry Gal - I think what I will do since I get 18 eggs a day, if she does go full broody on me I will just take my chances and give...

By the way, IF she does go broody and I put eggs under her... Should I mark them so I know which ones I gave her to set on? Tuff - thanks for answering my next question!!!!!!!!!!!! And right now, no, she does get up and will roam all day, but it is just that she sets in the nest for longgggg...

Country Gal, you are more than welcome to hijack thread!!!! Since we are both in the same situation you will probably help me out as I have helped you so far LOL. I just went out there to check for eggs, and there she is ... screaching and yelling at me. As for my hens, I have about 5 that...

About the hen that I mentioned above... she has only been laying about a week or so. Could she go broody so soon??? I thought they waited until they have layed for a while... but then again, my buff orps are not your normal hens either LOL and from what I have heard Buff Orps are the broodiest...

Thank you for the infomation and Cyn, I have a Buff Orp that looks and acts like that for just laying an egg LOL the meanie even bit me yesterday!!!! No she is not broody yet, just started laying and she is not staying on the nest. I am thinking she would actually be my best one. At least I...

How would I know when my hen is going or is broody? How long do they stay broody for??? I am just currious. I know this question has probably been asked several times... but I just can't seem to find the answer.