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Question for ya... What do I do with the eggs "mama" kicks out of the nest?The information that I researched shows that 27°F is the temperature that embryos will not survive. Temperatures in the 40°s are not a problem.
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Question for ya... What do I do with the eggs "mama" kicks out of the nest?The information that I researched shows that 27°F is the temperature that embryos will not survive. Temperatures in the 40°s are not a problem.
You can float test them. If they sink they are fresh and if they float they should be disposed. When disposing of eggs I dig a hole, toss in the eggs, break them up with the shovel and then fill in the hole. I used to just toss the eggs out into the field but it attracts too many predators.Question for ya... What do I do with the eggs "mama" kicks out of the nest?
Thank you. Just got two more that she pushed away from the nest. I think she might be downsizing!! She was sitting on well over 30 eggs!!!You can float test them. If they sink they are fresh and if they float they should be disposed. When disposing of eggs I dig a hole, toss in the eggs, break them up with the shovel and then fill in the hole. I used to just toss the eggs out into the field but it attracts too many predators.
Some people cook the eggs and feed them back to their poultry.
A little while ago I witnessed something incredible, at least to me. The 2 keets we had left with the hen to raise, walked out from under her and walked across the coop to the enclosure where their real mother and siblings are located. The boards are high enough that they could not see Gertrude, but they could hear her calling to the other keets. The little keets were hopping up as high as possible trying to get in to the enclosure. Gertrude walked up to the boards and looked over at them as if to say, “how did you get out?”.
The hen that originally hatched them didn’t even seem to notice they were gone. I guess she figures she still has other eggs to hatch out so no big deal. Anyway, we put the 2 keets in with Gertrude so now she has 14.
It looks like at least one more egg under a hen is pipping!
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