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Dumb chicken question from someone who has raised them for 25 years: [View all]
How do you know when a hen wants to set a nest? If I find eggs under the straw - was a hen hiding them or was that accidental?
How do you keep other hens from adding eggs daily to the clutch the broody hen is trying to set?
How do you encourage hens to set?
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