primitives discuss nesting hens

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

hedgehog (26,874 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Dumb chicken question from someone who has raised them for 25 years:

How do you know when a hen wants to set a nest? If I find eggs under the straw - was a hen hiding them or was that accidental?

How do you keep other hens from adding eggs daily to the clutch the broody hen is trying to set?

How do you encourage hens to set?

jwirr (19,513 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. From my experience she will tell you! She will refuse to get off the nest and even fight you for it by pecking you.

[Skul]

Raised yardbirds for twenty-five years, and doesn't know??2?
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[thundley4]

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1. From my experience she will tell you! She will refuse to get off the nest and even fight you for it by pecking you.

Married DUmmie males are already henpecked by their wives.

[EagleKeeper]

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hedgehog (26,874 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Dumb chicken question from someone who has raised them for 25 years:

How do you know when a hen wants to set a nest? If I find eggs under the straw - was a hen hiding them or was that accidental?

How do you keep other hens from adding eggs daily to the clutch the broody hen is trying to set?

How do you encourage hens to set?

1)How do you know when a hen wants to set a nest?

A) It builds a damn nest...DUH!

2)If I find eggs under the straw - was a hen hiding them or was that accidental?

A) Accidently laying an egg, are you serious. Or do you mean accidently burying them. You need to go to Kroger and buy some eggs, let your chickens go.

3) How do you keep other hens from adding eggs daily to the clutch the broody hen is trying to set?

A) What does it matter, why the heck do you have laying hens for? Collect the eggs and do what needs to be done.