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  1. AZHomesteadPoultry

    Small home hatchery Setters and Hatchers

    Hey everyone. I've Recently Started down the road of hatching Chickens for side income, and progressing my duel purpose chicken project. I'm gone working in Alaska May-Sept fishing, and have a dream of working for myself while taking my turn as stay at home parent here in Southeast AZ Sept-May...
  2. C

    Game hen help

    I have a claret hen with a younger Stag in a good-sized coop I'm using a milkcrate for a nesting box with a curtain around it she has laid 17 eggs and stopped laying a few days ago but will not set on them she just turns them occasionally should I wait for her to set or put them in a incubator I...
  3. T

    Hatching chicks the old timey way

    Does anyone on here hatch chicks the old timey way? We’re looking into doing this in the spring/summer when we won’t need a brooder. We live in the south so our summers are hot. I remember my mother marking the eggs and letting the hen set but can’t remember what to do leading up to this so...
  4. S

    Day 18 questions

    Hello all, So I have eggs in an incubator in my classroom right now. I set 8 this past Wednesday and 5 more on Thursday (I know it's not ideal, but that's the situation). I should've counted the days more carefully and planned better because I just realized that day 18 is on a Sunday and what's...
  5. 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...
  6. CourtneyTartan

    How to tell if my Call Duck is setting/getting clucky

    Hey guys, so recently I`ve started with call ducks and they`ve started laying of late. I was wondering what the signs are of them going clucky/setting etc. She has about 9 eggs that she sits on for a while each day but then also comes off them for a while. She has leaves and sticks that she...
    • CourtneyTartan
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    • broody call duck setting call ducks clucky setting young call duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. chic_a_lay

    How long will a hen set?

    How long will a hen set if her eggs don't hatch? Will they break the "trance" and get off the nest? I don't think any of her eggs are viable any more according to my count she's overdue? What should I do?
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