Doc1960
Chirping
- Mar 12, 2022
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I had a hen that I lost for a couple of days. I found her and realize she was sitting on some eggs. I didn’t know how long she’s been sitting on them so I moved her and the eggs out of the woods into a Seperate pen away from predators. She sat on the eggs for five or 10 minutes then she got up and she didn’t want to get back on them. I had 2 orher hens who refused to get unbroodie. One was up and down the other just sat on an empty nest. so I slid the eggs under the one that stayed on the nest. The first (up and downer) always tried to steal the eggs so i just split them. Hers didnt make it but Several didn’t make it and I’m sure it’s because they kept getting cold. It was January and still cold. But three out of 4 from the dedicated sitter did make it. Hatched January 31. Fast forward to today. No signs of comb waddles, saddle feathers, hackle feathers that would indicate roos. The few other roos that I have cluck At them to come and eat when they found a bug or something good. I also had another rooster that tried to top them last week. I still have the debate going on hen or roo. And I’m only saying that because one is significantly larger than the other two but they are barnyard mixes and mother was a white Australorp and daddy was a black Australorp mix so both of them are larger breeds. But will other roosters have this attitude towards them if they are younger roos? They’ve never done any other chicks have hatched out this way. Thanks for your help I’m still learning as I go through this process.
