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I have a hen who insists on sitting on a “clutch” of eggs for long periods of time. What is she doing?

April 26, 2017doing eggs hen insists periods sitting time

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I have a hen who insists on sitting on a “clutch” of eggs for long periods of time. What is she doing?

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She is brooding, or sitting on her eggs to hatch them. If you have a rooster in your flock, most likely you want fertilized eggs and/or chicks. If your hens sit on fertilized eggs for 21 days, embryos will develop and eventually hatch as chicks.