Not sitting on the eggs

[cchapmanelectric]

No need to apologize; it's actually a pretty common mistake. I had no idea how to start a thread the first time I got on here, and made a conversation instead. But you should get more help on the other forum.

And I'm trying to figure out either how to move it or delete it.
There is certainly some great information here, I must say with much thanks.
I will continue to figure out how to get it off of here now.
Thank you for letting me know and the lesson of the day for this new kid...

 

[sylviethecochin]

And I'm trying to figure out either how to move it or delete it.
There is certainly some great information here, I must say with much thanks.
I will continue to figure out how to get it off of here now.
Thank you for letting me know and the lesson of the day for this new kid...

Nah, that's why I tagged Sumi. She's a moderator, and can move these things around. Really, it happens all the time. Don't worry about it.
EDT: Sorry, just looked back at my [first] post. The second part [of the first post] was addressing Sumi. I could have formatted that better.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

The girls sit on the fertile eggs seldomly.
We have a small property of half acre and let our girls and Roo "free-range", if you will. They are, for the most part friendly birds. Some a little more of a "lap hen" than others but all of them know we aren't going to hurt them. (4 hens/1 Roo/1 duck).

We've got a few fertile eggs in the coup that we are noticing they don't sit on them constantly or even more common than NOT sitting on them.
We are in southern California so the weather isn't cold but we do have a heat lamp over the eggs for when the girls aren't sitting.

Are we doing anything wrong here? As for the....
Heat lamp?
Letting them "free-range"?
Should we have the girls locked up, in the pen? (which they really hate being locked up in and both the wife and I are a couple softies...)

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.

Hi CChapman, welcome to backyard chickens! Lots of people on this site want to hatch chicks, I’m a member of a June hatchalong right now! I’m sure that you’ll find a lot of information and good discussion about how to accomplish your hatching goals!

 

[cchapmanelectric]

This is the Buy ~Sell ~ Trade section of the site. I'm going to ask to have you moved to Incubating and Hatching Eggs, 'K?

@sumi?

Sorry to bother you, but could you move this, please?

I can't figure how to remove this post.
May I ask for direction from you, if you don't mind...

 

[cchapmanelectric]

Hi CChapman, welcome to backyard chickens! Lots of people on this site want to hatch chicks, I’m a member of a June hatchalong right now! I’m sure that you’ll find a lot of information and good discussion about how to accomplish your hatching goals!

And I believe that is where I needed to have created this post. I've been informed I'm in the wrong thread page! (darn new people!!!!
That sounds like where I need to be with this....

 

[sylviethecochin]

I can't figure how to remove this post.
May I ask for direction from you, if you don't mind...

We can't move stuff. Sumi's a moderator, so she can. She'll probably do it when she gets up tomorrow. Really, don't worry about it. My post was telling you that I was going to ask to have this thread moved; the second bit was talking to Sumi, and I asked her to move it. You don't have to do a thing.

 

[cchapmanelectric]

We can't move stuff. Sumi's a moderator, so she can. She'll probably do it when she gets up tomorrow. Really, don't worry about it. My post was telling you that I was going to ask to have this thread moved; the second bit was talking to Sumi, and I asked her to move it. You don't have to do a thing.

Ohhhh.... THANK YOU !!!!
I'm trying to not be the Pain in the sass new guy!!!!

 

[sylviethecochin]

Ohhhh.... THANK YOU !!!!
I'm trying to not be the Pain in the sass new guy!!!!

We've all been there.