RenoHuskerDu
Songster
Need help. Lost 8 more eggs to another snake, human error this time, cage left unlatched all night. Can we safely put 8 more eggs under the same hen? She's been brooding for 20 days already.
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She probably will not stay on much longer. I’m sure she’s hungry and thirsty from sitting for 20 days. Anyway she probably won’t sit any longer and if she did I wouldn’t let herNeed help. Lost 8 more eggs to another snake, human error this time, cage left unlatched all night. Can we safely put 8 more eggs under the same hen? She's been brooding for 20 days already.
Thanks, random internet person. I imagine that your children are well cared for too. But I value relationships, and have one with our chicken expert. She says the hen will stop brooding herself if she's tired of it. Now we see that she is helping herself to food and water in her new surroundings. I think we'll give all future broody hens this new luxury setup.
Why then did you seek advice on a forum where all responders are anonymous, and then be rude to a "random internet person" that was trying to be helpful? Fwiw i have had dozens of broody hens that have hatched thousands of chicks over the past many years. And I fully agree with @Chicalina . So now you can be rude to this "random internet person" too.Thanks, random internet person. I imagine that your children are well cared for too. But I value relationships, and have one with our chicken expert. She says the hen will stop brooding herself if she's tired of it. Now we see that she is helping herself to food and water in her new surroundings. I think we'll give all future broody hens this new luxury setup.