A broody hen will gather a clutch of eggs both laying her own and by stealing the eggs of other hens. From the day she stops moving off the nest, she will set on the eggs for 21 days to first hatch and remain with the chicks for weeks after.
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
No, fertile hen eggs need to be incubated at the proper temperature and humidity levels to hatch successfully. Simply sitting in hay will not provide the ideal conditions for the eggs to develop and hatch.
No. Only hens lay eggs but hen hatched eggs are only found on small farms. Most fertilized eggs are artificially incubated and the chicks never see the hen who laid them. Chicken do not really benefit from the mother hen all that much anyway. Chicks are born able to feed themselves and instinctively know how to be a chicken. If you are asking if the rooster helps the hen incubate the clutch of eggs, then no, once the rooster has mated with the hen he is not involved.
21 days is the incubation time for all chicken breeds.
A brooding hen is a female chicken that exhibits maternal behavior by sitting on a clutch of eggs to incubate them and keep them warm until they hatch. During this time, the brooding hen can be protective, aggressive, and focused solely on caring for her eggs.
Yes.
=It takes about 6-8 weeks for an egg to hatch.=
Anywhere from 10 weeks to 10 years though usually on the tenth year you know it is not going to hatch
as far as i know all eggs hatch at the same rate and it takes 21-25 days
no
A hen
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
If the hen turkey is nesting let her incubate the eggs. If you have a good broody chicken hen let the hen incubate the eggs.
Yes, not all eggs hatch even when a brood hen tends them. "Fake" eggs are available for use when a breeder needs a hen to hatch only a very few eggs. The hen will care for any egg in the nest when she broods.
Yes, only the hen sits on eggs.
No, fertile hen eggs need to be incubated at the proper temperature and humidity levels to hatch successfully. Simply sitting in hay will not provide the ideal conditions for the eggs to develop and hatch.
They don't. They lay eggs that hatch.