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I have one RIR hen, (not sure of her age) who lays one large brown egg a day. How do I know if the egg is okay to eat? I have rigged a "candling system" but don't know what I am looking for since the egg is brown and hard to see through. She isn't going any where near broody, so I sorta gave up...

My RIR hen has 14 eggs in her nest now and was wondering if she will ever sit on and hatch them? I would love to have more chickens as her and the rooster are our only 2 chickens currently. Anyone know?

Very excited to have rescued a Rooster and Hen from our neighbors a week ago(who thought it would be cool to also get a pit bull dog which attacked the rooster-he is fine now), we are sorta doing a "crash course" on making our backyard a healthy and SAFE place for the pair. Have fenced off a...