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    My broody hen stopped sitting eggs due to hatch soon

    Thanks for replying, I tried to segregate her to her own pen so this wouldn't keep happening, but then she wouldn't sit on the eggs and then started pecking them. I tried to show her a baby chick and she pecked it. The nest she was sitting out already had one egg knocked out and disappeared. So...
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    My broody hen stopped sitting eggs due to hatch soon

    My hen went broody February 24th, I took the eggs away each night, I was hatching baby chicks I set in egg incubator Feb 13th so he wasn’t going to let her hatch babies. But the 28th I finally just let her have 4. We started building a separate area so when she got close we could give her a safe...
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    Possibly hatching 2 sets of twin eggs

    So the 2 eggs that where possibly twins, were both single babies... the large egg had 2 yolk but only 1 chick, the second yolk blocked the chick from getting to the airsac and the chick did not make it. The other 6 all hatched out and are doing great, the first 3 hatched the 6th, 4th one on the...
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    Possibly hatching 2 sets of twin eggs

    I just had 2 more hatch and I have 1 left :) it’s still moving around. It’s funny, I had 3 hatch the 6th, 1 hatch the 7th and 1 hatch the 8th so far.
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    Possibly hatching 2 sets of twin eggs

    The blue egg I thought was a double embryo was a single embryo just a little farther ahead than the rest, it hatched yesterday afternoon.... HE/SHE is doing great. The second really large egg was also just a single baby but, it was unable to turn and get into the air sac. A large second yolk was...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Yes, it was a huge egg, it wasn’t moving or chirping so I thought it may need a little help getting out (it was a dark egg and if by chance it was twins) so I started in the airsac and didn’t see any movement. When I determined it wasn’t alive I opened it all the way up, it was fully developed...
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    Hands on hatching and help

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    Hands on hatching and help

    Ok, I think I’m most worried because when I candled this egg early on it has 2 yolks, one on each side and it’s possible there are 2, but I don’t think there’s enough room for 2... so I’m not sure when to intervene
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I have not, I was afraid to touch them.... should I candle them all to see how they are doing?
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Today is day 21, I have 1 egg pipping, it’s outside my last candled airsac... this is also one I’m worried may have been 2 embryos... but can’t be 100% sure... what should I do??
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I hope that’s the case.... i have both possibly double embryos in a separate incubator
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    Comment by 'cassifaith' in article 'Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry'

    I added a comment to the other thread. I also posted a video of my candling that made me thing its a double embryo.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Ok... so today is day 20 in my first hatch. I started with 10 eggs, when candling I noticed 3 were not developing so I took them out. 5 were regular sized eggs and all doing well and at lock down were all still alive. 1 really large egg Im suspecting twins, but i cant be sure the egg is dark. 1...
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    Comment by 'cassifaith' in article 'Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry'

    I came across this article because I have 2 double embryos due to hatch tomorrow on day 21. I'm not sure if you have any advice or if you have any ideas to help me.... 1 egg is large and 1 egg is a slightly larger than a regular egg. I do not think the smaller egg has enough room for 2 to hatch out.
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    Possibly hatching 2 sets of twin eggs

    I am constantly getting double yolker eggs....
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