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Ok thank you. Our temperstures have been between 90 to 100 the last 3 weeks here. And lows at night is around 87. Its been hot. They are inside our barn and it feels even hotter inside. The minute you walk in your start sweating. Humidity is high. So i thought maybe they would still hatch but i...

Egg #3 Above pic Egg #4 below pic

Egg #2

This is Egg #1

This is our first time hatching eggs. Our hen was sitting on 7 eggs. 3 has hatched at day 19 and day 21. Now at day 23 this is what the eggs looked like. I never candled these eggs until now. So im not sure what im looking at. Not sure if a chick is in them or not. If so don't think they are...

All the eggs were layed the same day. We have 20 hens. We got the eggs out the day before. So we removed the hen and the eggs the next morning and put her and eggs on the other side of the fence. We also have feed for both the babies and the hen. Thank you for the advice

Thank you for the advice. I was told that day 1 isnt until 24 hours after they were layed? Is that the way you count days. Cause i counted the day they were layed as day 1

Thank you. I will bechecking them tomorrow. Which i know is too late cause she still isnt sitting on the eggs

So we are new to broody hatching. We've had chickens for a year and a half. Never had one to sit. Finally had one. She had 7 eggs under her. Two hatched on day 20. A yellow and a black one. None hatched on day 21. Then on day 22 our yellow we found dead Beside the hen. Thinking it got squished...

So we are new to broody hatching. We've had chickens for a year and a half. Never had one to sit. Finally had one. She had 7 eggs under her. Two hatched on day 20. A yellow and a black one. None hatched on day 21. Then on day 22 our yellow we found dead Beside the hen. Thinking it got squished...

Just curious! Has your hen started laying yet?

Does anyone else have any other suggestions? They look so pitiful!!!

Ok, Thank you. Hoping that is all it is.