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Q: Why is your hen staying in her box with no eggs?
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What does the nesting box do for the hens?

A nesting box gives a hen a comfortable and secure place to lay her eggs.


Why is your hen staying in her box all the time?

She is brooding which means she is going to try to hatch eggs into chicks. Some of the other hens will lay eggs near her and she will roll those eggs under herself. If you have a rooster in the flock and want some chicks you should let her stay where she is but if your flock has no rooster then take the eggs away from her.


What is an incubato?

i think you mean an incubator it is a small box shaped machine which fertile hen eggs are put into instead of hatching under the hen you plug it in and put the eggs in it turning them each day for 19 days the eggs should hatch on the 21st day


Will a hen set without eggs under her?

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!


Does the frog and hen starts from egg?

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.


Hen sits in the hen house on what?

They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.


What is the gestation period for bandy chickens eggs?

21 days after the hen starts to stay on the clutch. A broody hen may take several days to gather enough eggs to brood so do not count the days she is not staying on the nest. There is no difference between the incubation time for a bantam chicken and a standard sized chicken.


Do you need a cockerel if you have hen or will they still lay eggs?

The hen will lay eggs either way, she will lay more if you have a rooster and the eggs will be fetilized


What does the mother hen do when it has laid eggs?

sit on the eggs


How can you obtain fertillised and unfertillised eggs?

If you mean hen's eggs, unfertillised eggs are what are sold in your local supermarket. Fertillised hen's eggs you should be able to get from a local farm.


What do you do if your hen is sitting on unfertilized eggs?

Remove the eggs. You can replace them with eggs you know are from another bird who was active with a rooster. Your broody hen won't care.


Would a fox steal hen eggs?

no but they would steal a hen.