In order to build a chicken nesting box, simply use a crate and leftover feed sacks to create the box, and then add straw or hay for nesting material. Find out how to use cardboard for insulation in the winter with help from a chicken care instructor in this free video on building chicken nesting boxes. Expert: Ann Bartley Bio: Ann Bartley works as a classroom coordinator at Horizon Academy High School, where her duties include teaching about the growth and development of chickens. Filmmaker: Lew Gitlin
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Good information -thank you
Thanks
thank you for the video, love to raise chicken too
Thanks for the info and your obvious love for chickens:) 🙂
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If they start eating their own eggs you must feed them more calcium like egg shells and cheese.
Thank You Ann, Do you have any advice on egg eating hens?
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I was wondering if you trim these crates. I haven’t seen any crates like that. My husband and I have moved to Vermont a year ago and are ready to have some chickens, so I’m just looking for tips. Judy
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@zoltari Some hen’s love to set, some don’t. Sometimes the one’s that don’t like to set on eggs will lay them in someone else’s nest. Thats ok, she’ll set on them. But remove most of them. 4 or 5 eggs is ok, any more than that and you will work her to death. Take out the extra eggs and eat them. As far as how long this or that, she know’s what she is doing, just let her be. Raising chickens is fun!!! PS: Don’t name your chickens, children don’t like eating their pets.
@poultryguy11 Mark the one egg and take the rest out every morning. It ain’t rocket science.
Too many eggs in one nest. Next time hold down the amount she has to hatch.
how many eggs do hend hatch if the eggs are fertilized ?
how do you get a hen to just hatch one egg
@zoltari no thats perfect
I love the informative video… but that hair is awful. Hun, please get a better haircut. you are a pretty woman, you need a cut more modern. Smooch.
Nope, the chicken knows best. You will soon have plenty of peeps!
The eggs can stand up to 20 days sitting in the nest before she begins to sit. Once she sits and warms them fully, the game is on. They can take a few hours without her if the weather is moderate.
How long can the hen be away from her eggs during hatching? I have a hen that is hatching eggs right now; she’s been sitting on them for about 4 days now and doesn’t move for almost the whole day, but at least once a day she gets up for about an hour. Is that too long away from the eggs?
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