Hi...
So i had a hen on eggs, she hatched 8 (1 died after hatch) and 1 egg which i always felt was slower developing did not hatch around day 19/20 with the rest, the hen took her chicks off the nest for a quiter location away from the flock, leaving the unhatched egg), it hatched today at day 23, i had assumed that it was dead after she left it (i did candle it day 17 and no obvious movement) but i decided to sit it under another broody hen who was on eggs that are now day 12, and the darn chick hatched, which i thought might be okay because another hen wanted to play mother when the first clutch hatched, so i thought she might try to steel this one too, but she has not, so now i have a hen on one chick and eggs that still have over a week to go, what do i do, mum is sure to want to get off the nest in the next 24-48hrs and then i will have eggs that are nearly there..
WHAT DO I DO??
I have ordered an incubator that may turn up this week, but knowing my luck it wont come til next week...
So i had a hen on eggs, she hatched 8 (1 died after hatch) and 1 egg which i always felt was slower developing did not hatch around day 19/20 with the rest, the hen took her chicks off the nest for a quiter location away from the flock, leaving the unhatched egg), it hatched today at day 23, i had assumed that it was dead after she left it (i did candle it day 17 and no obvious movement) but i decided to sit it under another broody hen who was on eggs that are now day 12, and the darn chick hatched, which i thought might be okay because another hen wanted to play mother when the first clutch hatched, so i thought she might try to steel this one too, but she has not, so now i have a hen on one chick and eggs that still have over a week to go, what do i do, mum is sure to want to get off the nest in the next 24-48hrs and then i will have eggs that are nearly there..
WHAT DO I DO??
I have ordered an incubator that may turn up this week, but knowing my luck it wont come til next week...