Thank you! And yes, I have a thermometer and am monitoring the temperature. I don't think it's ready just yet either. The first crack started yesterday but no chirping until today. I went out there when I got home from work today and the egg was flat out cold, mama hadn't been on it in a while...
Unfortunately, no clue on what day it is. We noticed the hen was broody probably 2 or 3 days into it. We decided to take two freshly laid eggs from our other hen (coop is only 2 hens and 1 roo) and stick those under her butt. Those were actually the viable fertilized eggs (per candle lighting or...
Sorry to piggy back on this thread but hoping for a bit of help. Broody hen hatched a couple eggs and is no longer sitting regularly on the last egg. The egg is chirping at me! It's got it's first crack but that's all. I took the egg out and put under a heat lamp because mama hen seemed to have...