cr250
14 posts
May 21, 2008
7:14 PM
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I just started using nest cups and one hen laid outside the nest cup.Their in an indivdual breeding cage,should I put the egg in the cup or leave it.
Thanks,Brian
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silent187
100 posts
May 21, 2008
7:19 PM
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i just make my own nest i usually make it a lil smaller
then the size of two birds and they usually lay on both real good!!!!! and its easy!!!
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Electric-man
1605 posts
May 21, 2008
7:21 PM
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I would try putting it in the cup (bowl)! Sometimes it works,... sometimes! Do you have nesting material in there? Is it a first time hen?
If not, you can make a nest on the bottom of the pen by using to bricks in the corner or two blocks of wood that make a square! Add a little nesting material and they will usually adapt! It doesn't take anything fancy!
Good luck
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Val
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Last Edited by on May 21, 2008 7:25 PM
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cr250
15 posts
May 21, 2008
7:35 PM
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Yes it is a first time hen and I put some pine needles in the cup.I went ahead and put the egg in the cup.She not sitting on it but, shes standing on the cup.
Thanks keep you posted, Brian
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sippi
276 posts
May 21, 2008
7:39 PM
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Sometimes the hen will take it. Sometimes they will abandon it. I had a pair of fosters that abandon the egg I moved and the next egg. She laid another round. I had a pair of white Orientals do the same thing so I just fostered thiers.
sippi
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Electric-man
1606 posts
May 21, 2008
7:44 PM
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Sometimes it takes a round for their instincts to kick in! She has an urge most likely, thats why she is staying close! A good hen won't set on them until the second egg is laid anyways. That way, the first egg won't hatch way before the second!
I would say to wait until the second egg is laid and see how she acts! If she doesn't get it after that, I would throw that round out and she will lay again in a couple of weeks!
She will catch on!
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Val
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cr250
17 posts
May 21, 2008
7:49 PM
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Thanks Val and sippi.I'am just starting out again so I don't have any foster pairs.I will just have to see what happens. thanks again,Brian
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RXR Loft
215 posts
May 21, 2008
11:12 PM
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what I have done is..
take the pair out of the breeder box, you fix up the nest your self put the egg in the nest than put one bird in at a time.. the other will think the other did it..
it works,
I did it just today...
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RxR Loft
Roll'em if you got'em...
Last Edited by on May 21, 2008 11:13 PM
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cr250
20 posts
May 22, 2008
11:33 PM
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Just wanted to say thanks for info from everyone and the hen is sitting on the eggs in the nest cup.
Brian
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FRENCHROLL
91 posts
May 22, 2008
11:37 PM
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good for u bro...good luck with the youngsters
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Electric-man
1614 posts
May 23, 2008
9:17 AM
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If she is a first timer, I would give her about 5-6 days to set them,and then I would take a small flashlight out at night and hold the eggs up one at a time with the flashlight under them. If you get them just right, you can see if there are any blood veins showing! If not, they are probably no good! Saves you and her a lot of waisted time!
Sometimes the first round just doesn't go right. She obviously has a good idea of what to do now and I bet the next round will be good!
I still check every round from every hen and they are all 2-5 yrs old! I hate for a hen to set 3 weeks for nothing!
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Val
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