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Molpet said:
Step 1. can you block off the chosen box so the other hens don't lay in there? when she decides to get off the nest does she have room to dust bath and poop/
Stept 2. mark and add eggs all at the same time so they hatch at the same time.
Step 3. wait 21 days
Step 4 let her out w/babies when she is ready
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Hmmmmm....dust bath is in the run. Food, water, oyster shells and grit are downstairs. The coop is only ever used to sleep and lay eggs. They never hang in it.
 
KettermanHillCoop said:
Hmmmmm....dust bath is in the run. Food, water, oyster shells and grit are downstairs. The coop is only ever used to sleep and lay eggs. They never hang in it.
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the thing is the other hens may add eggs.. or she will take them..... remove unmarked eggs as you find them,... she will leave the unhatched eggs after a day or three to care for the chicks
 
Molpet said:
the thing is the other hens may add eggs.. or she will take them..... remove unmarked eggs as you find them,... she will leave the unhatched eggs after a day or three to care for the chicks
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Okay...so when I get to the amount of what I'd like to hatch...I'm saying a max of 7 (as I have yet to decide on the size Woods I want to build...and the smaller one has a max of 15 birds). I mark those 7 eggs and remove any eggs that appear under her that don't have any markings. When will she stop adding eggs? Or won't she ever stop? lol
 
Molpet said:
and sometimes when they take a break they get confused and sit on the wrong nest... just put her back on the right nest.. even if her eggs are cold.. they are survivors
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I doubt she will sit in the wrong box. The one she is on is the favorite...the center. The others just lay in the north end when she's in the center.
 
KettermanHillCoop said:
Okay...so when I get to the amount of what I'd like to hatch...I'm saying a max of 7 (as I have yet to decide on the size Woods I want to build...and the smaller one has a max of 15 birds). I mark those 7 eggs and remove any eggs that appear under her that don't have any markings. When will she stop adding eggs? Or won't she ever stop? lol
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could happen yes
 
KettermanHillCoop said:
Okay...so when I get to the amount of what I'd like to hatch...I'm saying a max of 7 (as I have yet to decide on the size Woods I want to build...and the smaller one has a max of 15 birds). I mark those 7 eggs and remove any eggs that appear under her that don't have any markings. When will she stop adding eggs? Or won't she ever stop? lol
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she has quit laying and unless someone adds or she steals... and who knows what a chicken thinks lol
 

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