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Our golden wyandotte went broody. After looking up ways to "break" her of it,a friend convinced me to try and just go with it. Since we don't have a rooster we found someone who has fertilized eggs and made a trade. We put 11 fertilized eggs under her today and she seems like the happiest hen on the planet. Here's the thing, we've NEVER done this and have no idea what to expect. She's taken over one of the regular nesting boxes in the coop. We built an additional one for the other ladies so they leave her alone. I read that we should check the eggs at 10 days for viability and that they should begin hatching at day 21. What else should I know?
We have an area where we've raised chicks with a heat lamp before, but never with a mama. Should we separate them at "birth" and put them under the lamp? I'm concerned about what the other hens may do if they're all together.
We have an area where we've raised chicks with a heat lamp before, but never with a mama. Should we separate them at "birth" and put them under the lamp? I'm concerned about what the other hens may do if they're all together.