How many eggs for one hen!

[Chicalina]

No heat lamps for any chickens beyond the first few weeks as chicks. It's a fire hazard. Also, you are reducing their natural hardiness and resilience to cold.

They are literally wearing a down quilt and they huddle together to keep warm.

 

[Little Tala Bug]

How many eggs have you had a single hen successfully hatch?

I have three broody girls and no rooster. I bought some BCM hatchling eggs and moved the girls to a new coop (bad experience hatching in the main coop). One one of the three broody girls will sit on the 17 eggs...the other two just angry broody cluck while walking around puffed up. They only go in the nesting box at bedtime. It has been two whole days.

Any chance the other two will finally sit? The girl sitting is a Cuckoo Maran and is currently able to get at 17 under her. I am reading over 10 and the hatch rate goes down, but also reading 15 is a "clutch"...

My CCL, Henrietta, made a secret nest with 15 eggs before she disappeared to sit. 13 hatched and 11 survived.