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    Hen hatching chickens for first time

    I didn't candle either. I planned on not interfering ... which is how I ended up wits rotten eggs under her. I feel so bad! She's dry this morning and happy. Today is day 22. I learned this late on in the process but she is such a good mom, she had never been leaving the nest ... so should I...
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    Hen hatching chickens for first time

    So I went ahead and water tested the eggs... all 4 are perfect and appear to be good! I also went ahead and washed her. The smell was so bad and I figured that if anything hatched that alone would kill them so I didn't really have anything to lose. Only problem I didn't fully think thru was...
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    Hen hatching chickens for first time

    Hi everyone! I am new (and quickly obsessed) with my chickens!! I have my first broody hen who is sitting on fertilized eggs (today being day 21). This morning, I came to the grage to the smell of rotten eggs. I quickly made her another clean box, rinsed and moved the eggs and her. She settled...
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