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Why won't my chicken get off the eggs?

Updated: 12/24/2022
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Your hen has gone "broody". This means she is ready to incubate the clutch of eggs she has gathered and will sit on them for the next 21 days. She will remain on the clutch until the eggs ( or most of them) have hatched unless you remove the eggs from under her.

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