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It might be partly because of the large size...she's a jersey giant. But I found out today that she was getting pushed from her box, and another hen had broke an egg with her nails, and wound up eating it. So, needless to say, she is separated now, with only a week 1/2 left to go! She's got six...

Well, we actually got a new rooster, got rid of our old one, and hatched 26 out of 38 eggs. We did turn them a lot, usually 4-6 times. In this large of a family, somebody is always caring for them and giving the chicks attention. We have a hen sitting on some more, but for some reason, they keep...

Thank you! I got another rooster and I just hatched out 26 of 30 eggs and 1 duckling! They all say "Thank you" with me!

We have 23 hens and one rooster, however we only collect from 12-15 of the hens. They are 1 and a half yrs old (hens) and the rooster just turned 2. The rooster is buff, and the hens are buff, new hamps, and brahma. They are on laying ration with supplements likee oyster shells and scraps, etc.

Can anyone tell me a method of telling if an hatching egg is fertile without cracking it open or sticking with your chickens 24/7? Our last hatch was a real let down as most of the eggs were never fertile in the first place, and out of the 48 we began with, we have 5 chicks. 11 hatched, but we...