My boyfriend's dad has five Light Sussex bantam hens along with one rooster, and got chicks from them about 18 months ago (The eggs were sat on by the hen/s themselves, not incubated). He swapped the cockerel he had then for another one about a year ago, and since then he has had no chicks. He thinks his new cockerel is a dud and wants to wring its neck and get another one. I persuaded him to let me incubate some eggs just to be sure, thinking maybe the cockerel is fine but the hens just haven't felt like going broody in the last year. He doesn't know for sure if they have or not.
So I have set half a dozen of his eggs today. I'm really not expecting anything from them, but I'll wait 10-12 days and candle them anyway. Who knows, we might both get a surprise!
So I have set half a dozen of his eggs today. I'm really not expecting anything from them, but I'll wait 10-12 days and candle them anyway. Who knows, we might both get a surprise!

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