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    help ! advice for late egg which is "cheaping"

    no need for candle - it pipped last night and is in the middle of hatching ! - many thanks for the confidence to just leave them alone and not interfere. Just 3 eggs left which I'll leave until past the weekend and then candle them as you say. Hen is being a very good first time mother as she is...
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    help ! advice for late egg which is "cheaping"

    Many thanks for your reply. I'm in the UK so it's "tea time" over here, and wasn't sure if anyone was up yet in the US ! The "fertilized" eggs were donated from a neighbour, as we have no cockerel and all placed together when she started going broody. She has been extremely diligent and not left...
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    help ! advice for late egg which is "cheaping"

    have successfully hatched 1-2 eggs per batch( 3 batches in total) previously with my broody hen, and have had 6 eggs under for more than 21 days. My husband decided they must all be bad eggs so went to open one and found a chick inside. He hastedly put them back under and a second chick hatched...
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