Ive had the worst luck.
Another two eggs died & i took them out last night at day 14. One of the eggs had started to ooze a foul liquid.
Broody had two left with her last night.. i just checked this morning and only one left. I could hear crunching in her mouth so she ate one of the eggs. Now...
Thanks for the reply.
I checked today & she still had 4 eggs. I don't have high hopes for them though. I noticed today another had a crack and I smelled another one and it had the faintest bad smell 😒 she's been excellent and has stayed with them so maybe just a bad batch of thin shelled eggs.
Your hen is gorgeous. What is she?
My broody has hatched eggs before with no issues. Loves being broody & tending to chick's.
If she broke the egg it would have been accidental.. but one of them was super cracked (in those pictures I uploaded here) so it could have been that one. Or, she did it...
Broody was sitting on 5 eggs. There are now 4 and a tiny amount of fowl smelling goo. I can't see any left over shell.
Do broody hens know if eggs are bad and eat them to get rid of them? Otherwise I have no idea where the 5th egg went. She was fully enclosed all day.
Posting pictures of 2 silkie eggs. Day 9 under a broody.
One of the eggs has a terrible shell and has micro cracks through it.
The other last 2 pictures i suspect there is a death ring.
Let me know your thoughts.
Posting pictures of 2 silkie eggs. Day 9 under a broody.
One of the eggs has a terrible shell and has micro cracks through it.
The other last 2 pictures i suspect there is a death ring.
Let me know your thoughts.
Update- we found a great home for him where he will have a backyard to forage and have a few girls!
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