Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread - Page 940

Originally Posted by Miss Lydia 

Do you also butcher your extra roos or just find homes for them?  I hope you get 99.99% pullets this time. 

Originally Posted by Scooter&Suzie 

YIPPIE!!!  My eggs hatched some time during the night, so I came out to some little babies peeking out of their mama's fluff!  7 out of 8 eggs hatched.  I remembered that if spun, an egg that is not hard boiled will wobbly spin, while a hard boiled egg will spin quickly.  So I took the egg that didn't hatch and spun it.  It spun quickly, so I stopped it and put it back under the mama (she is still in the nest with the babies).  So, I think there must be a chick in there - that it is fertile.  The place I got my eggs had no guarrentee they would all be fertile, even though they were with roosters.  At $2 a dozen I decided it was worth the risk.\


I'm wondering if there is a way to candle it and see if it is still alive, or if it is dead.  I hope it will hatch!

Originally Posted by kraftyladies 

well after my broody changing her mind and sitting on another pile of eggs... I was going to give up on her, but I didn't. She started sitting on this new batch on Saturday. She is still sitting on them, I have been trying to make sure I keep the eggs picked up out of the other nest boxes so she doesn't get any more crazy ideas. Well, I decided to candle tonight... I didn't candle them all, but the ones I did I saw veining!  Yay!  I stuck 2 of my ameraucana eggs under her, she has some of hers and other orp eggs under her, but sure did see a lot of white leghorns eggs too...grrr...  The leghorn is her friend, guess she is helping her out.  I have never hatched any of those with my black orp rooster...anyone know what you get? white or brown egg layer?  Anyway, I hope that now that I have said something she doesn't do something crazy tomorrow!!  Guess I need to candle and mark them all....before any more get stuck under her!

Originally Posted by Scooter&Suzie 

YIPPIE!!!  My eggs hatched some time during the night, so I came out to some little babies peeking out of their mama's fluff!  7 out of 8 eggs hatched.  I remembered that if spun, an egg that is not hard boiled will wobbly spin, while a hard boiled egg will spin quickly.  So I took the egg that didn't hatch and spun it.  It spun quickly, so I stopped it and put it back under the mama (she is still in the nest with the babies).  So, I think there must be a chick in there - that it is fertile.  The place I got my eggs had no guarrentee they would all be fertile, even though they were with roosters.  At $2 a dozen I decided it was worth the risk.\

 

 

I'm wondering if there is a way to candle it and see if it is still alive, or if it is dead.  I hope it will hatch!

Originally Posted by Miss Lydia 

Candled Issabelles eggs this morning and they were both duds.    So she is starting over with 2 and seems fine with it. Having 2 roosters How in the world were neither of those eggs fertile. 

Originally Posted by Scooter&Suzie 

YIPPIE!!!  My eggs hatched some time during the night, so I came out to some little babies peeking out of their mama's fluff!  7 out of 8 eggs hatched.  I remembered that if spun, an egg that is not hard boiled will wobbly spin, while a hard boiled egg will spin quickly.  So I took the egg that didn't hatch and spun it.  It spun quickly, so I stopped it and put it back under the mama (she is still in the nest with the babies).  So, I think there must be a chick in there - that it is fertile.  The place I got my eggs had no guarrentee they would all be fertile, even though they were with roosters.  At $2 a dozen I decided it was worth the risk.\

 

 

I'm wondering if there is a way to candle it and see if it is still alive, or if it is dead.  I hope it will hatch!

Originally Posted by Miss Lydia 

Candled Issabelles eggs this morning and they were both duds.    So she is starting over with 2 and seems fine with it. Having 2 roosters How in the world were neither of those eggs fertile.