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Chickenology Part 2 (HENS & ROOSTERS) with Tove Danovich

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Hormones of Broody Hens

Most farmers have bred brookiness out of the commercial strains. A couple of our hens like love to go broody. They will sit on anything. There's some very funny videos of people with like a hen that was trying to be broody on like a light bulb or other written subjects. Their hormones just get switched on and they're like, I wanna sit on things, make them warm. Also, apparently if you leave eggs in a nest box too long, some hens will be like, well, this is just a snack I made with my butt and they'll eat them.

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