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They are somewhat protective if they are just laying the egg, and will cackle to draw attention to themselves and away from the nest when they leave it, but after that, they are usually non-committal.
However, if the hen is broody and is sitting in the nest to hatch the eggs she is much more protective.
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∙ 10y agoYes, broody hens will leave their eggs when the egg does not maintain its normal temperature. That tells the hen that the egg is dead or infertile.
Also, there are hens that just do not go broody. In those instances they always leave their eggs.
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∙ 14y agoNo. Chickens have no method to carry an egg. Too big for the beak and wings are just not suited to pick things up. Hens will steal eggs from other nests when they are brooding. A broody hen will roll another hens eggs out of one nest and into another. Broody hens think all eggs should have equal opportunity to be hatched and since brooding is important to some hens, they will "borrow" eggs from the girls next door to add to her own clutch.
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∙ 8y agoYes, they can. I just caught my broody hen in the act. She had an egg from another hen tucked clear up under her wing and was happily carrying it to her nest!
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∙ 12y agoAnything that they can do but one is peck you
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Do chickens grow in gardens?
No, chickens do not grow in gardens. Chickens grow in eggs laid by the mother hen.
Are eggs vegetables?
No eggs are not vegetables. They are part of the meat group in the food pyramid.
Which came before the other the egg or the chicken?
Eggs came before chickens because reptiles and amphibians laid eggs before chickens ever even evolved.
How many eggs would 12 chickens lay in 7 days if 1 and a half chickens laid 1 and a half eggs in 1 and a half days?
56
yo what came first the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Dinosaurs laid eggs long, long before chickens existed.
Why does one of your chickens pull soft eggs out of the other one that has laid a normal egg?
they are angry
Which got the first place egg or chicken?
welll.....chickens come from eggs and eggs come from chickens sooo....i dunno :DChickens evolved from earlier birds, so presumably in the distant past a bird that was almost, but not quite a chicken laid some eggs. Unfortunately, there was a mutation which meant that the chicks that came from the eggs weren't the same as their parents - they actually were chickens. So, the egg came first - what laid it wasn't a chicken.
My chickens just laid their first eggs. Are they safe to eat?
As long as they are less than 24 hours old....
Which is better free range eggs or barn laid eggs?
Free range eggs have more beta carotene, collected from the grass the chickens ate. You can tell by how orange the yolks are.
how many eggs can 12 chickens lay in 4 hours?
There are twelve chickens, each chicken lays one egg per hour. So The answer would be total of Forty eight eggs are laid each hour. One Chicken one egg. Two Chickens 2 eggs etc..
What was first eggs or chicken?
The answer is chickens,because eggs come out of chickens.So the scientific method would be chickens were first. Except that eggs were being laid a long, long time before chickens existed and eggs is listed first in the question.
Do boy chickens lay eggs?
Generally speaking, no. Male fowl do not lay eggs. However, there is a mythological creature known as a cockatrice that is said to hatch from an egg laid by a cock and incubated by a toad(or a snake, depending on the story).
