I understand that if eggs do not hatch, as a last resort you can test them in 100 degree water to see if they will sink or swim(so to speak) What I wonder is; Can you do the float test on day 18 before lock down to separate the floaters from the sinkers?I,m new- hope you haven't already had...
My two Golden Comet hens sat on eggs in one nest all through the sweltering month of July last year.Then they raised the brood of five chicks together.One was more motherly-clucking and scratching for goodies and the other one was more protective rushing at any imagined threat. They peacefully...