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Your hen might not be sitting on her eggs because she is too young or too old or she just doesn't feel like having chickens. If you give her time and don't force her she'll eventually sit in her eggs.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agothey are no longer brudy, or you have removed too many eggs or in the rare case the eggs have become infected with a parasite
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∙ 13y agoIt refuses to move from the eggs because, the eggs must be inquibated, or kept warm. The chicken will only move from her nest once a day to eat and drink for energy.
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∙ 13y agoto keep it warm
to keep them warm so they hatch
why DOES a hen SIT on its EGGS.
they need to say warm
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∙ 12y agonot like they mean to
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How do hens take care of their eggs?
on sitting on them Hens on a farm lay eggs into straw and the hens sit on the eggs until they hatch. Hens in large chicken farms do get to have such a luxury. The chickens' eggs are kept under heat until they hatch.
Are the eggs going to hatch if the hens is still sitting after 2 months?
Maybe. :)
How do you stop hens from setting?
Remove all eggs daily.
Do thunderstorms kill chicken eggs?
It can do i had two hens sitting with six eggs each they both hatched three chicks all eggs had chicks in them but three from each had died in the eggs
What is the gestation period for hens sitting on their own eggs?
About 21 days. Temperature changes can easily delay hatching.
How long do hens take to hatch eggs?
I'll tell you as soon as they've come out, someone told me about 20 days and one of our hens is sitting on her eggs now.
Will a hen continue to lay an egg each day as she is sitting on other eggs?
No. She will stop laying after she has two or three eggs collected and often more as the other hens will lay in the same spot or close to her, she will gather those also. If you allow her to brood you will get no more eggs from her for about a month or longer.
Do all chickens lay eggs?
The females from all breeds of chickens lay eggs. Some hens stop laying when they are old, but there are no breeds or varieties of chickens in which the females do not lay eggs. Roosters, as the male of the species, never lay eggs.
What type of breded hens lay eggs?
All hens lay eggs.
Do boy hens lay eggs do boy hens lay eggs?
There is no such thing as a "boy hen". Hens are female chickens.
How many eggs do four hens lay a day?
Four hens have the potential to lay four eggs but this is not always the case. Old hens will eventually stop laying eggs, sick hens may not lay any eggs and hens even in prime condition may be molting or may just be a slow laying breed. There are many reasons why four hens may not even lay one egg in a single day.
Do boy hens lay eggs am trying to say do boy hens lay eggs all year?
Hens are mom chickens and roosters are dad chickens. Only mom chickens, hens, lay eggs. They lay eggs all year.
