BrookCideMurder
In the Brooder
- Feb 3, 2015
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The people want pics, the top are a hen and the chicks she just hatched, and my Rooster. The eggs and other hens are the ones i am writing about and relate to my question.
I will try to be clear and my ultimate goal is to have the hen or hens go broody and hatch the eggs
I have - seperate from the newly hatched chicks and hen
1 cage
1 rooster
6 hens - 4 buffs, 1 silver wyndotte- 2 mixed - the mixed have hatched chicks before they were game birds mixed with a blackstar rooster. and i guess that is more than 6 hens but whatever.
now there are seperate but large boxes, the hens at first would lay together, then start kicking each others eggs around to different piles (when there was about 6 - 9 eggs total).
I made smaller boxes, now there are about 20 eggs in one box (this doesnt take long with six hens all laying in one spot) and a few others that are layed in other boxes.
So i have tried dividing the chickens up differently over the weeks at least 3 of the hens seem to go broody for a day or so, then stop.
WHAT IS THE BEST SET UP FOR MULTIPLE HENS AND A ROOSTER IN ONE CAGED AREA IF YOU WANT BABY CHICKS HATCHED? They are laying a huge pile they will never be able to hatch
IF THE CLUTCH GETS TOO LARGE WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND SHOULD I JUST CLEAR IT OUT OR LET THEM KEEP GOING OR WHAT?
this is the first time i havent just had the rooster with one hen who eventually lays around 12 and hatches around 9. with all the hens together none are sitting on the eggs and there are eggs everywhere, especially in one box. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
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