Hi everyone,
I was given a flock of chickens by one of my dear clients and I just LOVE them. These were all adult laying chickens and too many Roosters at first, but we sold all the Roo's and now have 1 Barred Rock Rooster...he is a STUD!.. I just love him, what a beauty! and good to the girls.
We have 1 Cinnamon Queen, 3 barred rock (hens) and 2 fighting cock game bird hens. One of the fighting cock game bird hens is CRAZY. She is on her own schedule. She has taken up and sleeps in the woods and comes to the coop once a day to lay an egg and then she is gone. She is my only rebel.
My other fighting cock game hen is BROODY....and MEAN. She went broody when we brought in 4 one year old sex links to add to the flock. My husband is itching to incubate eggs and hatch...eeehemm...that means I will incubate and hatch. Well, I do not have the time nor do I have the time to deal with babies so I decided to let "Slim Sue" sit and hatch. I put 3 more eggs the other girls layed under her too. Is this okay and if it is how many can I stuff under her? I want as many hatched babies as possible and think it would be great to have babies from my other girls in the flock...they are sweet and very pretty...plus did I mention that my Roo is a STUD!! lol.
Also is there any hard fast rule to moving the eggs when I move them to put them under her?
Thanks ahead for any replies...I am sooo excited!
Sassy