Back story:
Had a hen go broody...a friend gifted me fertilized eggs, two have hatched doing well getting larger, sorry I cannot even begin to say how old with two young girls and running the house and back and forth between school counting how old they are on the calendar wasn't a top priority...
So we have a mama who went broody and I couldn't get her to quit laying on the un-fertilized eggs.
Got some fertilized ones from a friend, and three days ago they hatched, had a weak one but after some tender love and care it's perking up and on its way back to being where it's sibling chick is...
I had a hen that went broody, my friend gave me fertilized eggs, two hatched and two have not.
Out of the two that have hatched, one is doing very well, walks around, pecks at mama and generally seems healthy.
It's sibling, though just lays there, eyes closed, and dosent seem to be doing well...
i just got four new rhode islands reds, the auctioner said they were 6 or 7 mo old. we have only gotten one egg, and none since then we have had them for about 5 days now, eating good, doing well around the coop, and well acting like chickens, how do i know that they really arent past egg...