clutch too big?

  1. corlissO

    Question About Hatching Time

    Hi. I have a hen that went broody a couple weeks ago and at first I was taking her out of the coop and was going to start attempting to break her of it but she was very determined, so I decided to let her go ahead and hatch a few chicks. The last time I did this was with my little Silkie and I...
  2. Murphy_the_Hooligan

    A Button Quail and her clutch

    We let our hen hatch her first clutch of 6 eggs naturally. The babies (only two survived) will be 5 weeks on Thursday of this week. My hen, Bonnie, has been laying eggs for 2-3 weeks now, we were waiting for her to sit on her second clutch. She has 14 eggs! she keeps turning them, but will not...
  3. L

    Questions about a hen's clutch and settin

    I have 3 hens and 2 roosters. Small coop for roositng only. They have a large pen and we also have 40 acres but they haven't ventured far. Other than a huge cedar tree they enjoy dust bathing under, they stay pretty close to the house or workshop. Don't know if any of that was necessary but...
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