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GardenWeb - The Internet's Garden Community ... Many years ago when I lived on a farm (1940's), we 'broke' brooding hens the old fashioned way - put them into a coop with no nest, or at least an eggless nest. Only food and water were available.
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The true secret, though, is that we (human keepers of poultry) have made it emphatically clear to modern hens that their mothering instincts are not welcome. That is, we have considered “broodiness” a big nuisance (since a hen who is brooding is not laying;
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www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Broody-Hens-1.html
www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Broody-Hens-1.html
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Some hens will get off once a day, for up to an hour, to eat, bathroom and drink. Some will get off every few days, for just a few minutes. I have seen eggs get cold, and they do hatch. Dont worry......just let mother nature take its course. ... About 3 weeks ago my dogs let me know I had adopted a brooding hen. She had set...
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www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=70631
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The three eggs are from my other girls. The two eggs she is brooding are duck eggs! : ) ... The three eggs are from my other girls. The two eggs she is brooding are duck eggs! : ) ... Wow thats really rare!! i guess it must happen to every few million laying hens. :D nice video, i thought that was impossable...
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We prefer to move our broody hens to individual cages. When hens are brooding, they get off their nest once a day to eat and relieve themselves. We’ve found that other hens will hop into the broody hen’s nest and lay fresh eggs.
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This protects her from being chased off the nest by more dominant hens, leaving the eggs to chill and die. It also keeps her from having eggs that won't all hatch on the same day. Move her gently at night and keep the new nest dark for the next day.
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www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKBroody.html
www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKBroody.html
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When an aeroplane flew overhead he screeched and all the hens dove for cover. When the sparrow flew overhead he screeched again and again all ... I was raising them in an old insulated, cedar-lined mobile home, using the end bedroom (10 ft x 12 ft) as a brooding room, and expanding into the rest of the mobile as needed.
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www.webelfin.com/chickens/index.html
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In wildlife films on TV you see birds nesting, brooding, the chickens hatching and being fed by their parents, but never I saw a bird laying an egg. ... The hens of some breeds will get broody anyway after some time. This condition can be cured by placing the hen in a "broody pen". This is a small cage, hung in the hen...
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www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm
www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm
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I just did a Google search for brooding hens and found you. My hen Louie, yes I have Huey, Louie and Dewey, the Three Wise Hens and one just started acting weird and then I guessed it was brooding. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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chickenstribe.tribe.net/thread/cc86c00b-497e-404f-a548-...
chickenstribe.tribe.net/thread/cc86c00b-497e-404f-a548-5bb944eaf12b
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