I have 30 pullets not 1 of them sits on their eggs!!!is it because they were incubated? please tell me y thank

Question

there are rhode island reds and polish

Answer 1

Why were they incubated & then put back in the nest? With such a swing in temperature, the eggs may be dead.

What's your hen:rooster ratio? You should have probably ~3-4 roosters w/so many hens--they will still lay eggs, even if not bred, so they may not be sitting b/c the eggs aren't fertile.

It may also depend on how old they are--hens usually come into production before the roosters start to cover them, so they may be waiting on the roosters to get busy!

Make sure the nest is in a quite area or the chicken house is protected so that they feel safe sitting on the nest (i.e.-no cats/dogs around, no loud noises, etc....).

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Neither polish or rhode island red chickens are known for being broody, but it does happen. However, going broody is a hormonal change, and being incubated has nothing to do with it.

There is nothing you can do to force broodiness, only things you can do to encourage it:
1) Put golf balls in the nest. They will mistake them for eggs and hopefully start to sit on them.
2) Make sure the nestbox is in a quiet, darkened place.

You should also note that having a rooster or not has nothing to do with egg laying or broodiness. I've never had a rooster, but I have lost count of the number of times I've had hens go broody on me!

If you want a chicken thats really likely to go broody then you can get a silkie or cochin. It can live with the others and will go broody occasionally.

Don't forget that if you don't have a rooster, no matter how long they sit on the eggs, nothing will hatch out - they're not fertile.

PS How old are they? If they haven't started laying, they won't go broody yet.

Answer 3

Rhode island reds and polish poultry is used mostly for their production of eggs and not their motherhood. Most breeds of poultry today has been genetic breed over and over to make better egg layers or meat producers. There is some that may help Buff orphington is one and the best ones I like are just the old English game breeds which do a fantastic job of hatching and raising their young. Also to have a good hatch of chicks your eggs must be fertilized by a rooster in the yard. Good luck and best hatch

Answer 4

Do you have a rooster. With out a Rooster there is no reason for the pullets to set: the eggs are not fertilized to begin with. You need an active ROOSTER to cause hens to set good.

Answer 5

I've heard of this it happens a lot to first time chickens when it comes to incubating eggs

McMurray Hatchery could help you better than I can

Answer 6

Hello

For one the polish don't sit on eggs no matter what you do their a non-sitting breed. And you have to wait for the RIR to go broody for it to sit on eggs.

Hope i helped