empty nest

  1. Barkerbunch4

    All duck eggs gone. What happened?

    I have a young duck that created a nest for the first time. She built an amazing nest and sat on it faithfully only leaving once a day to eat and drink. Over the last few days she has smashed an egg every time she’s left the nest. The last couple had embryos in them. We had estimated she laid...
  2. Henora

    Empty nest Broody Hen but WANT chicks

    I have a 7 mo Orpington hen Aoifa who is insisting on sitting in an empty nest all day. She started about 7 days ago, and we took the first 3 eggs. She hasn't laid others. It is cold here (-13F to 14F) so we spent all wk removing her from the nest 3+ times a day. Is she being broody? If we...
  3. Sandychic

    Broody hens

    i have a hen who is sitting on an empty nest . I had a fake egg in the nest to encourage my girls to lay there. And they do but One of my hens started to sit all day and not leave the nest. So I removed the fake egg and Each day I take her off the nest and each night I find her there again...
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