Here is what happened had 12 eggs marked under one of my CM broodys (I have 5 CM and ether all are/have been broody this spring/summer or 4 of them have!Plus a BA)We went on vacation leaving all the chickens under the care of the neighbor. came back to extra eggs under the broody, I had told him to remove unmarked eggs and that no brown eggs should be under her. I gathered all the brown eggs from under her put them in the refrigerator to feed to the cats (what I do If they might have been under a broody for a couple days, turns out the one I cracked was about day 9
so they got thrown deep in the woods) . And went and candled the rest because most of pencil marking them had worn off and all where developing! gave 2 that where the latest to start to another broody.
Had 10 hatched on time one hatched a couple days later and died because I helped it and It had not absorbed every thing
. So the last 4 went to another broody, one was suppose to hatch with the 1st 10 but have not figured out which .
The broody with 10 chicks was off and caring for them when the BA setting on the eggs said " I'm going to take care of chicks instead of eggs!" and nothing I did changed her mind so she and Broody CM #1 are caring for the chicks. All 5 eggs went to CM #2.
Fast forward to the 6th we have another baby! Now I'm starting to worry because that left 4 eggs and my just started ofter broody CM #3 (their numbered by currently broody) is very mean (she has a very bad name) and is so early in being broody she attacks the new chick when ever she sees it so I'm wary about giving her eggs and I don't want to raise babies myself if I can help it and especially a single chick.
Fast forward to last night another pip!this morning anther chick! So there is two chicks and 3 eggs left in the nest. One of the eggs was suppose to hatch with the 1st 11 (ten chicks, plus one who died) and 2 eggs that from the early candling are about a week behind these 2.
So what do I do give the rest of the eggs to the evil hen (always has been evil plus being broody
)and have #2 raise them , raise them myself, try to add them to the week-olds, which I don't think will work. So what should I do?
Had 10 hatched on time one hatched a couple days later and died because I helped it and It had not absorbed every thing
The broody with 10 chicks was off and caring for them when the BA setting on the eggs said " I'm going to take care of chicks instead of eggs!" and nothing I did changed her mind so she and Broody CM #1 are caring for the chicks. All 5 eggs went to CM #2.
Fast forward to the 6th we have another baby! Now I'm starting to worry because that left 4 eggs and my just started ofter broody CM #3 (their numbered by currently broody) is very mean (she has a very bad name) and is so early in being broody she attacks the new chick when ever she sees it so I'm wary about giving her eggs and I don't want to raise babies myself if I can help it and especially a single chick.
Fast forward to last night another pip!this morning anther chick! So there is two chicks and 3 eggs left in the nest. One of the eggs was suppose to hatch with the 1st 11 (ten chicks, plus one who died) and 2 eggs that from the early candling are about a week behind these 2.
So what do I do give the rest of the eggs to the evil hen (always has been evil plus being broody
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