Bluebellhoney
Chirping
- Oct 12, 2020
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My chooks free range in a big field during the day, and are penned at night. Recently we had a big storm that brought down lots of trees and branches, and we had piled them up intending to burn them, but then had a total fire ban so they had to stay.
All of a sudden I was getting no eggs, and one of the girls (a bantam x Wyandotte, Bambi) was missing. I searched for her everywhere and finally assumed a hawk had snatched her...
Christmas Eve we decided to clear to the pile as I was concerned it was a risk for the chooks, and who should I find but Bambi, sitting on 19 eggs!
So I have moved her to my luxury maternity ward, and I am here to ask- is 19 too many? Should I move some to the incubator? I know it’s silly but I can’t bring myself to just take them away and not try to hatch them! I have candled them and lots look fertile, and those that don’t may well be too early to tell as she was only missing a few days (she has everyone’s eggs pretty much!).
She just about manages to cover them, she is a first time mum, she is doing a great job of sitting and has food and water within reach and room to roam a little if she requires. I have her in the garage so she is getting regular check ups.
I’m in Australia so the weather is very warm, even over night.
Also, I haven’t yet tried my incubator...
Tl;dr - my medium sized chicken Is sitting on 19 eggs, is this ok or should I move some to the incubator that I have never tried before?
Thanks!
All of a sudden I was getting no eggs, and one of the girls (a bantam x Wyandotte, Bambi) was missing. I searched for her everywhere and finally assumed a hawk had snatched her...
Christmas Eve we decided to clear to the pile as I was concerned it was a risk for the chooks, and who should I find but Bambi, sitting on 19 eggs!
So I have moved her to my luxury maternity ward, and I am here to ask- is 19 too many? Should I move some to the incubator? I know it’s silly but I can’t bring myself to just take them away and not try to hatch them! I have candled them and lots look fertile, and those that don’t may well be too early to tell as she was only missing a few days (she has everyone’s eggs pretty much!).
She just about manages to cover them, she is a first time mum, she is doing a great job of sitting and has food and water within reach and room to roam a little if she requires. I have her in the garage so she is getting regular check ups.
I’m in Australia so the weather is very warm, even over night.
Also, I haven’t yet tried my incubator...
Tl;dr - my medium sized chicken Is sitting on 19 eggs, is this ok or should I move some to the incubator that I have never tried before?
Thanks!
