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    2 babies born on day 25, one very weak HELP!

    I've had quite a rollercoaster. Bought 16 fertilized eggs to put under my broody hen 3.5 weeks ago. Lost a few along the way, had ten for the last week and half or two weeks, as of day 21. There were no signs of pipping, no peeping, nothing. Day 22 came and went, nothing. Day 23, when the mama...
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    day 23 - advice needed!

    Thank you so much for your response. Let's see, some answers... I am not sure that she ate the eggs. They were there one day and gone the next, and I found empty shells most of the time. I don't think it's possible that it was a predator. This is happening in my urban backyard and I've been...
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    day 23 - advice needed!

    This is my first time trying to hatch eggs with a broody mama. Today is day 23. No hatching, no pipping. Started with 16 eggs, were at 10 as of day 21, and today, only 8 eggs remain in the nest. I found some empty shells, figured there were too many in the nest and some broke and the mama ate...
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    Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching

    I would love some advice here, first time trying to hatch chick with a broody mama. Today is day 23. We started with 16 fertilized eggs, which I think was too many for her size (we found 10 (unfertilized) under her when we realized she was stashing eggs and sitting on them, we replaced with 16...
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