sounds like I should wait till tomorrow night when she is settled with her other chicks to place these two with them. Will they be OK for a day without food??
thanks - that's what I thought so I have tried to rig an incubator - will see what happens - next time will be more careful on marking the eggs so they are all activated at the same time and no strays slip into the mix. Thanks again - glad to have found this forum.
this is my first time to let mama hatch eggs and she did great but . . . . she had 9 eggs, (some that other chickens in the coop laid in her nest). 6 have hatched and she has gotten off the nest this morning. 1 other egg is broken all the way around and I can hear the chick inside, there is...