The hen lays eggs for a while and then hugs the nest, what should I do?

At this time, you can take all its eggs and let it have no eggs, so that it will slowly start laying eggs again.

It's your chickens that want to hatch chicks

Normal physiological phenomenon, after all, is the nature of a hen.

The hen holds a maximum of a few eggs in the nest

1. It is generally better to put up to 15 eggs in the hen nest, and the specific number of eggs is related to the breed of the hen. Choose a hen with strong hugging, docile temperament, moderate individual size, and no ectoparasites as a nest chicken, put a few ordinary eggs before holding the nest and let the nest hen try to hatch for 2-3 days, if the hen squatting nest is better, you can officially put the egg for incubation.

2. The nest can be held with wooden boxes, cartons, baskets, etc., and the nest is covered with dry, soft and warm bedding, and the bottom of the nest should be flat, so that it is convenient for the hens to squat and turn the eggs. The nest should be placed in a quiet environment, air circulation, and dark light, and attention should be paid to preventing cats and mice from invading the nesting hens.

3. Feed the nest chicken with water and feed 1 time a day, feed with whole corn or wheat, and feed some green fodder appropriately. Some hens are reluctant to leave the nest, so they should be forced to catch them at this time, let them eat, drink and feces outdoors, and release them for about 20 minutes.

4. On the 7th and 18th days of the incubation period, the eggs should be illuminated once each with an egg illuminator to remove the infertile eggs and dead embryo eggs. If you find an egg in the nest that has been contaminated with faeces or has been trampled on, remove it immediately, wash the contaminated egg and put it back.

When you see a hen holding a nest, you should drive it out in time to avoid developing the habit of holding the nest.

For hens with strong nest holding, it is about 2-3 days before putting eggs in the nest, which is conducive to hatching chicks. If you want a hen to hold a nest to hatch eggs, you must meet two conditions, one is that the chicken that hatches the eggs must be a native chicken, that is, a local breed of native chicken, and the other is that the egg must be a fertilized egg.

The hatching place of the hen can be replaced by a basket or wooden barrel, and the rice stalk or other well-breathable weeds and cotton wool can be used as the bottom of the bed. Hens can hatch chicks after about 21 days of nesting, but this time is not fixed, and it should be inferred in combination with the season.

If it is in the spring, the temperature is not very warm, generally it takes 21-24 days. If it is in summer, the chicks can be hatched in about 19 days. When the eggs hatch to the 7th day, the first light is carried out, and the fertilized eggs are clear and the unfertilized eggs are generally transparent.

Unfertilized eggs can be removed as they do not hatch chicks.

First, it is caused by calcium deficiency.

The reason why chickens eat eggs may be a lack of calcium, chickens eat eggs mostly eat eggshells, eggshells contain calcium, chickens use eggshells to supplement calcium when they are deficient in calcium. In view of the above situation, it is recommended to add an appropriate amount of calcium-supplemented bone meal, fishmeal and discarded eggshells to the feed to achieve the purpose of calcium supplementation.

2. Improve the chicken coop or chicken coop.

If it is a breeding scale of less than 20 chickens, I have the good fortune to see the chicken coop renovated by wise working people, as shown in the picture, the chicken coop has two layers, the lower layer is paved with straw, and there is a small hole at the bottom of the upper layer. When the chicken squats on the upper nest to lay eggs, the eggs fall from the small hole to the straw on the lower layer, the chicken wants to peck the eggs after laying eggs, because the neck is not long enough is also helpless, the same large farm chicken cage can also be designed as two layers of leakable eggs.

3. Separate the hens from other flocks.

If it is not a hen pecking at the eggs, but a rooster or a young chicken, it is recommended to keep them separated.

Fourth, let the chickens lay eggs in the dark environment.

Chickens have poor eyesight in the dark, so the likelihood of chickens pecking eggs in the dark is also very low.

Fifth, the chicken sac lacks hard things to grind food.

Perhaps it is because the chicken's sac lacks grinding, because the food that the chicken eats needs to be ground in the sac first, and the free-range chickens will find some small stones to eat by themselves, while the captive chickens have no stones to eat, which is prone to this situation. If this is the case, you need to put some sand and pebbles inside the chicken pen for the chickens to peck at.

Egg-laying hens eat eggs mostly due to poor feeding management, which can be summarized in the following seven aspects:

First, the mineral content in the feed is insufficient. In particular, calcium, phosphorus, salt and other trace elements are deficient, and egg-laying hens are prone to pica such as egg-grabbing and egg-grabbing.

Second, there is a lot of animal protein in the diet, and if the chickens are often fed with fish, meat and other animal feed, it is easy to develop to eat freshly laid eggs.

Third, there is a lack of protein in the feed, or an imbalance of amino acids, and the egg-laying hens will eat eggs.

Fourth, there is not enough drinking water. If the hen is constantly hungry and thirsty, it is also easy to eat eggs in order to replenish water.

Fifth, the crude fiber in the diet is low, or often not fed with gravel, especially in rural winters from free-range to captive or cage-raised chickens, the most likely to appear egg-eating.

Sixth, the number of egg laying boxes is insufficient, and the eggs are laid on the ground, once damaged, it will also cause laying hens to eat eggs.

Seventh, strong lighting, causing egg-laying hens to be irritable, promoting egg-laying hens to peck everywhere, and even peck eggs.

In order to prevent laying hens from eating eggs, the following technical measures should be taken:

First, in the diet, the mineral content should be sufficient. Dietary calcium should be accounted for; phosphorus should be accounted for; Salt should be accounted for.

Second, in the diet, it is necessary to maintain sufficient protein and amino acid balance. Each egg-laying hen is required to have a daily content of 340 mg of methionine and 700 mg of lysine.

Third, drinking water should be sufficient. Maintain clean drinking water every day and ensure that the water supply is sufficient.

Fourth, the diet of laying hens should have a crude fiber content of 3%.

Fifth, prepare sufficient egg laying boxes and put them in a dark place.

Sixth, it is necessary to keep the living environment of laying hens relatively stable and minimize stress response.

The hen in the nest eats eggs, which can be mixed with eggshells and fed to the chickens!

It is not based on the number of eggs.

Hen nesting is also called nest love, that is, the nesting nature of hens. It is a reproductive instinct of the hen. When the hen lays a nest of eggs, due to the increase in the lactation hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, the various parts of the chicken body undergo great changes, such as the decline of ovarian function, the acceleration of blood flow in the body, the increase in body temperature, etc., so that the hen's neck and back feathers are erected, and the wings are opened, that is, the nest appears.

The hen holds the nest for a few days or several months, depending on the breed.

Causes of hen nesting.

1. Physiological factors.

In many places, chicken breeds and broiler breeders bred on this basis have a considerable degree of nest-hugging behavior, which is an instinct of poultry reproduction. The hen's nest is controlled by physiological endocrine, and when the prolactin secreted by the anterior pituitary gland increases, the ovaries shrink and the nesting phenomenon occurs.

2. Environmental factors.

Hen nesting is also affected by environmental conditions. Generally, in late spring or summer when the ambient temperature gradually rises and the egg production is large; Storing too many eggs in the nest can induce hens to hold the nest; In the free-range state, hens with rooster flocks are more serious in their nests.