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meggy2
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barb
Flemington Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2014 :  4:05:44 PM  Show Profile
help! I have a hen that keeps switchings nest and sits on the eggs she and the other girls lay. She wont get off for a couple of eggs and then seitches nest boxes. I take the eggs out as soon as she switches but she is ruining a lot of good eggs. What can I do?

Marybeth
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Mary Beth
Stanwood Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2014 :  5:16:39 PM  Show Profile
When I have a broody hen I just take her out and put her in a separate cage for about 3 days and by then she doesn't want to be broody anymore. Also you can just take her off the nest to get the eggs out from under her too. I check everyday. No broken eggs at all.

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meggy2
True Blue Farmgirl

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barb
Flemington Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2014 :  5:21:28 PM  Show Profile
thanks marybeth I will try that
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