I have an australorp pullet that I was told would lay her first egg the day she turned 16 weeks... that was 5 weeks ago. I bought 2 other pullets, one chantecler/ameracauna x and another australorp (though she has a cushion comb instead of a single) off another lady back in early september... "they'll be laying any day now..." she said. I also have a bunch of white phoenix pullets - which I suspect are bantams because they're no bigger than a pidgeon - that are also not laying yet. I'm doing everything right as far as feed, light, forage, blah blah... But I want to know, once these young girls get going, what is the chance of having a broody (out of 11 pullets, 8 being the phoenixes) before winter? I'd like to know, because I have one older red star that, despite her breed, is still pumping out an egg a day and, since (me) eating the red star roo, she's been mating with the head aussie boy. I want to hatch her babies BEFORE she quits laying like her sisters did a year ago but she's not the broody type (believe me, I tried with that breed - they're useless!) Alternatively, how long can a fertile egg live in a fridge (set to the warmest setting before "off") and still be incubated? Thanks!
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