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  1. meredithp

    HELP! prematurely smashed egg with broken membrane is there any hope??

    So the poor baby passed away last night. Time for me to invest in an incubator. I think she would have survived had I had a better way to keep her warm and humid. Lesson learned. Thanks for your encouragement @red horse ranch
  2. meredithp

    HELP! prematurely smashed egg with broken membrane is there any hope??

    Hi, I have a broody sitting on a clutch of 7 eggs. Today, I noticed that one whole side of one of the eggs was smashed pretty badly. The inner membrane was intact, however, so I returned it to the broody's nest. After about an hour I went to check on the egg and the broody had yolk on her...
  3. meredithp

    Broody Hen Emergencies

    UPDATE: The chick is dead. It looks like momma pulled off the membrane and crushed the rest of the egg. She moved it from the front to the center of the nest. When I went out to take a look, momma was pecking at the dead, beautiful, fully formed chick. There was blood and yolk in the straw in...
  4. meredithp

    Broody Hen Emergencies

    Hello All, Hoping for some advice. I have a first time momma on my hands. She is a young Barred Rock and has done a great job getting her eggs to day 21 (today). We've had a few scary moments when she left the nest for long periods of time, but I candled the eggs on Day 19 and things are...
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