Hi everyone, I'm new here, and while I have used the site a lot recently I just now signed up. I need help! I just bought my first chickens, all hens (11). I have a Black Star that I have been suspicious of being broody, but I have continued taking her eggs anyway, since she has not been aggressive toward me and she isn't persistently on the nest. When I collect the eggs, she is either on or nearby the nest she made but she doesn't resist me when I move her. She has gathered everyone else's eggs and brought them to her nest 2 or 3 times. Now, she refuses to leave the house and go out into the run, she stays near the large nest she made in the corner of the floor (not in the nesting boxes). My problem is that my hens have been away from the rooster they were with for about a week now. If I let her sit on her eggs (and everyone else's she claims) will I be wasting my time? Or could they still be laying fertile eggs at this point in time?
Sorry if this has been asked before, all I could find was questions about eating fertile eggs LOL.
Sorry if this has been asked before, all I could find was questions about eating fertile eggs LOL.
