well we have made it to the end of the line so far 7 of the 14 have started piping and we can see 2 small beers poking around . we have 1 that was the first one and it looks like we might loos it looks like a little oozing and may have sealed up i want to help it out but i do not want to risk...
Yes when new eggs are laid i remove them . we also removed two roosters the hens seem to be more chill now . like you said they are laying in a different box now so i hope the rest will follow suit ! and great news we had one piping this morning and now there are 6 going we will have babies...
she is with the rest of the hens and all of her eggs are marked . the feed is good and every one looks and is acting great . she will sometimes kick 1 or two out . do they hide nests very well is it going to be a egg hunt ? lol
i have a broody hen and i decided to let her sit on the eggs there are about 16 eggs , now all i get is maybe 2 eggs per day in the nesting area and i can't find any eggs anywhere in the run. did they stop laying ? are they laying elsewhere in the brush ? i do not know . is this normal to have...
our first 4 out of 16 hatched yesterday . So when do i remove the new chicks and how long should i sit on the unhatched eggs ? thank you all for your help .
i started my eggs on the 4-5-6 so do i assume 18 days from the first day or let it go past day 18 ? today would be the 18 th day for the eggs on the 4 th . or do i just pull all of them and set them all on the wire and turn by hand till they hatch ?