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Hi wonderful team. There are two hens from the neighbors currently sitting on (unfertilized and I'm sure now rotten) eggs on my property. They have been there for at least 2 months. Just how long will a hen sit for? I am starting to feel very sorry for them, but I really don't want to deal with them, I've got enough with my own flock and 3 hens with chicks right now! I figured they would eventually just stop but so far, they have not. I never let my girls sit without either fertilized eggs or breaking them, the longest I've ever let one sit is 4 weeks.
The neighbors have a few hens that spend most of their day in my yard, which I don't mind, they don't cause any problems and I feel sorry for them, my yard is a chicken paradise! I'm just concerned these two hens will end up just up and dying on me. I CAN go over and ask them to get their hens (we are friendly enough), but they have so far been unable to keep them on their side so I don't know that's solving the problem.
Can I wait it out or do I have to break these hens? If they were hens I wanted I would just take them and add them to my own flock and look after them properly, but I really don't want them.
The neighbors have a few hens that spend most of their day in my yard, which I don't mind, they don't cause any problems and I feel sorry for them, my yard is a chicken paradise! I'm just concerned these two hens will end up just up and dying on me. I CAN go over and ask them to get their hens (we are friendly enough), but they have so far been unable to keep them on their side so I don't know that's solving the problem.
Can I wait it out or do I have to break these hens? If they were hens I wanted I would just take them and add them to my own flock and look after them properly, but I really don't want them.