Author Topic: weird hen (Read 6574 times)

suziequeue · « **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2012, 12:46:31 pm »

Yeah - phew

Our eggs have just started hatching this morning.

Soooo excited.

in the hills · « **Reply #16 on:** April 17, 2012, 04:24:41 pm »

Yeah, far better to be broody than egg bound!

Are you going to hatch?

My daughter is collecting eggs to put under our broody.

Crazyboutdaanimals · « **Reply #17 on:** April 18, 2012, 04:08:30 pm »

yes she has 11/12 eggs under her, depending on whether she took the fresh egg from hen today, am going to move her into a large dog cage so she cannot keep 'stealing' the eggs for her little brood... another quick question, will she keep on taking eggs till the chicks start hatching or will she stop???

in the hills · « **Reply #18 on:** April 18, 2012, 08:51:07 pm »

I move my broody to a suitable coop when it is dark and pop some of the eggs that she was sitting on under her.
When I am sure that she is sitting tight I take away the eggs that she has sat on and put some fresh eggs that I want to hatch underneath her.If you keep letting her steal more and more eggs she will end up with too many to cover. They will go cold and some will not hatch.