yes, you may. It just depends on the mood of the hen. Some breed of hens leaves their eggs after laying, while some of them became aggressive even you are only trying to touch it.
Yes and what you can do to see if there is any eggs under the hen is you can take a stick and lightly lift the hen up and see if there is any eggs under her!
If the hen lays one egg per day it would take 1 year.
If you are taking about the hen sitting on eggs then it will make things easy for you and the hen. you will have a better outcome if you move the hen or take the rooster out.
She is broody. This is when a hen instinctively needs to collect and hatch a brood of chicks. If you don't wish her to brood eggs simply keep taking the eggs away and she will eventually leave the nest.
Accorsing to the staff trainers at my company... an ostrich egg is the equivalent to 18 chicken eggs.
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
More than an average human
I take it that you mean "hen's eggs". These can be brown, or white. As for other birds, eggs come in a wide variety of colors.
Yes. they both do. But their eggs are very different. While the hen's eggs have a hard outside the frogs eggs are very soft. Also a hen doesn't lay nearly as many eggs as a frog. Also frogs eggs are in the water, while a hen lays them on land.
This is not uncommon. Chickens do not brood because they lay fertilized eggs, they brood because it is instinct and they will set eggs fertilized or not. Hens will and can set on golf balls if offered to the broody hen. Removal of eggs daily from the broody hen will dissuade her from maintaining her brooding but this could take a few days. Whenever possible, pick her up and take her away from the nesting box, continuing this until she gives up.
16 weeks, usually.
A hen sits on the eggs to keep them warm and safe from predators. She turns the eggs regularly to ensure they develop properly. The hen also provides moisture by gently dampening the eggs with her beak.