- Jul 17, 2013
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1 of my hens has been sitting on eggs for a while. I'm not sure when they're "due" but I've been checking in with her daily. Finally got an egg count today. She's sitting on 19 fertile eggs that all have chicks in them. We have 4 other Welsummer hens & 1 Rhode Island Red Rooster. Should I leave her in the coop or move her & eggs where they're isolated from the flock? We raised them as chicks but this is our 1st lay where the Hen did all the work. Any advice is helpful. We weren't exactly ready for this but figured we'd let nature take it's course & only assist if necessary. Our flock free ranges / free roams our entire property. The coop has 6 boxes that each fit a hen perfectly with a few feet between each set of 3 boxes with the roost in-between. Thanks