So after my cochin hen went broody, my other cochin hen and a bantam EE hen both went broody within a week...
in the shuffle of hens, they mixed the eggs all up. they've hatched most of the original eggs, theres just about 5 left.
so tonight (now that i have a fresh dozen) i decided to give the first cochin hen all the oldest eggs and went and gave each of the remaining hens 6 eggs...
2 green
2 white
2 brown
those 2 never set a full 21 days so i figured they would do fine, i tried to break the EE hen out of broody but she was having NONE of that!
i've been making sure they have food n water everyday and they have been doing good so far but i am going to try and get some dishes rigged-up tomorrow in each 'nesting crate'
has anyone else ever let their hens set twice? will it be too hard on them or should they be okay as long as i keep them fed and hydrated? theyre also getting some calf mana as a supplement.
in the shuffle of hens, they mixed the eggs all up. they've hatched most of the original eggs, theres just about 5 left.
so tonight (now that i have a fresh dozen) i decided to give the first cochin hen all the oldest eggs and went and gave each of the remaining hens 6 eggs...
2 green
2 white
2 brown
those 2 never set a full 21 days so i figured they would do fine, i tried to break the EE hen out of broody but she was having NONE of that!
i've been making sure they have food n water everyday and they have been doing good so far but i am going to try and get some dishes rigged-up tomorrow in each 'nesting crate'
has anyone else ever let their hens set twice? will it be too hard on them or should they be okay as long as i keep them fed and hydrated? theyre also getting some calf mana as a supplement.
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