sitting on egg

  1. B

    Could Clover have chicks?

    We have a sweet Brahma hen, Clover. She is under a year old, but was injured pretty badly. Her feathers, skin, etc. were completely ripped off at the top of her back, covered by her feathers on her head. We brought her inside our huge laundry room & have 3 dog cages all together to give her...
  2. DuckWhisperer06

    Is it normal?

    Is it normal for a hen/pullet to sit on her egg for 5-10 minutes after laying? It’s not that I don’t want her to go broody, I just want to know if she is.
  3. Barb Root Hinkkanen

    Perplexed about Wendigo

    Wendigo has still not laid, in over a week. She is not egg bound; she is not molting; she is eating; but, barely leaves the egg laying area. She has been sitting on the other eggs. Her pooh is normal. She has had extra calcium, vitamins, and electrolytes. She has had worm medicine. The coop is...
  4. Kathy Golla

    Mystifying laying situation--"Sitting?"

    Hello, I have a flock of six hens in Northern California suburbs. I have the strangest situation I can’t put my finger on. I’ve done a lot of reading about broodiness on the forums. I feel like my situation doesn’t really fit the textbook broody situation. I have an almost 6 month old Golden...
  5. M

    Broody duck... when will she sit long term?

    I have a Cayuga hen that is about a year and a half old. For the last few days she has been disappearing for a long periods of time and not coming back to the coop at night to be locked up. She only reappears with the rest of the flock for a few hours or two to eat and swim. I finally found her...
  6. maddiexo

    2 year old silkie dry and itchy skin

    ive had silkies for about two years now and my gen has been sitting on eggs and keeps scratching her cheeks enough to where they bleed. The skin looks very dry and itchy but it's just her face on both sides. And she's been losing weight and sitting on eggs. I pull her down at least three times a...
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