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Hi! Welcome! I, too, am relatively new to this whole adventure. We hatched our first eggs March 2019 and have hatched 2 more groups of chicks. You jumped in a little deeper than us though as we have 9 hens and 1 rooster. Plus - our newest 3 babies that one of our hens hatched 4 weeks ago. You...

Wow -it’s like you have a crystal ball or something. Last night she went on the roost by herself and the babies slept in the nest. I think I will give it another few days to a week and then block the nests as you and risemarythyme suggest. (They might need the comfort of “home” in the nest so...

Good morning favorite people! We had a broody hen successfully hatch 3 chicks a month ago. She has been a great little mama and used to nest with her chicks in a corner of the coop after they hatched. She has recently decided that she really prefers to sleep and to give them nap time in one of...

Thank you! Yes she seems very dedicated. I was hoping this would happen some day. We have only had chickens for a little over a year. We have hatched all of them in an incubator and now that some of them are a year old, I was hoping for the opportunity to experience at least one of them having...

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“last” egg not lady egg.

Sally hatched 3 of the 4 eggs this morning. She is still sitting on the lady egg and her new babies. They are all doing well. Thank you for all the great information. :love

Wow!!! Thank you SO much!!!! Really great information. I feel so much more comfortable now and this is really what I was hoping for. I would like to keep everything as natural as possible. I will keep a close eye on the situation and adjust as needed. You truly addressed all of my concerns -...

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Will it be a problem that the nest is a foot off the floor?

We have a 6 month old hen that is due to hatch eggs in 4 days. She went broody and seemed pretty determined to hatch her egg, so I slipped 3 other eggs from 1 year old hens in with hers. We also have 8 other hens and 1 rooster in our flock. Her nesting box is about a foot off the floor of the...

It seems so young - she is only 6 months old. (She’s just a baby)

Yes!

I have her bottom a soak in warm epsoms salt water bath and she seemed fine. She stood up and passed a large, normal looking poo, then some diarrhea. I put her Back into the coop and she immediately went back to the nesting box. Is it possible that she could be broody? She is only 6 months old.

Thank you! I will try to find some.

Thank you. I will try that!

Did she lay an egg on her own or did you have to intervene somehow? I have a hen that has spent half a day in the nesting box and whimpering. I am wondering if she is egg bound.