can someone help me regarding a hen laying on her eggs

[Noymira]

My white rock went broody and everyday I took the eggs and made her get up and out of the nest. Lots of stink eye, fluffed up feathers and grumbling, but she never attacked me. It lasted almost 8 weeks before she gave up.

We've now got two cockerels, so I'm hoping she goes broody again in the spring and hatches me some babies!

Good luck with yours!

 

[mama2princesses]

good idea! lol They are outdoor free range chickens so it would be fairly easy. I also emailed the local egg (and meat) farm and asked if they sell fertilized eggs as well.

 

[mama2princesses]

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I love cockerels!!! They are awesome. I actually googled around here trying to find someone that sells them but I had zero luck

 

[mama2princesses]

I just got excited with the idea but then I realized that I cant guarantee I'll get a hen.... and I legally cannot have a rooster. I live in a subdivison in the middle of a city. LOL.

 

[macdoogle2]

I almost just posted that having a rooster in a city subdivision is based on weather your neighbors complain or not. So far mine have not. Upps! Did I just say that?

 

[ktritchler]

Hi! I have a hen that is broody right now. She has eggs under her and we have a rooster, so there just might be chicks. BUT with the winter coming, do I really want to hatch chicks? I don't want chicks in my basement all winter! lol Help!

 

[flying_babyb]

Chicks in the basement are not that bad if you scoop the cage daily and have good deoderizers. We did it for 7 long, long did I mention long months? I live in the basement so it was noisy and a bit smelly but I survived. It was bonding experance. Nothing better than relizing you didnt shut the cage and theres a chick in your bed when you wake up. Would so do it agaiN!

 

[flying_babyb]

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I had a roo, just gave the neighbors eggs and they pretended the noise wasnt so bad. Bribery my freind...