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    hen brooding on ceramic egg - should I kick her off the nest?

    My turkey hen got really broody the last couple of days. She only turns out about two or three eggs a week but she’ll sit on the empty nest and wait for the next one to come out. I gave her a ceramic egg to make her happy and she’s been very protective of it - this is promising to me because...
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    WHEN TO INSTALL THE CERAMIC EGGS...

    All right, we are still about roughly 4 months out till our ducks and chickens will start producing. We have Silver Appleyard Ducks, Red Star, and Bielfelder. The chickens seem to be making little nest where they lay in the coop. I'm wondering if they're practicing OR they are actually closer to...
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    Brooding ceramic eggs

    Hi - I have my first broody hen, and she is currently sitting on 2 ceramic eggs. She looks fine and isn't pecky or cross with me even when I lift her out to encourage dinner and a drink of water and to give her the once over. My question is: can I just let her be? Will she try to hatch her fake...
  4. Nest Boxes 101

    Nest Boxes 101

    Roosters crow but the hen delivers, eggs that is! Nest boxes sure can make our lives easier when it comes to collecting eggs. Egg hunting can be fun once a year at Easter time but who wants to go digging around on a daily basis in corners of the coop and bedding, outside under every bush, or...
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