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  1. mcgresshoff

    Need some advice please

    Update: The Little Mama has ousted two eggs from underneath her. Based on what others have said in other posts, they're duds because they sloshed. Bummer. There goes 1/3 of my batch. She still insists on sitting on the other four, but I've not noticed any of the eggs rocking or peeping coming...
  2. mcgresshoff

    Need some advice please

    Thanks to Pop, Ridgerunner, and TC. I'll wait until tomorrow evening then see what happened to the eggs. I'll check the local feed store tomorrow to try and track down some local fertile eggs. My Little Mama will still sit, I think. She's one determined bird! I've been feeding her from my hand...
  3. mcgresshoff

    how soon til we can tell the gender?

    Oh man, what a cute little bugger! I'm not really sure about an answer to your question, but your pics came out great! I would have given $3 for him/her, too!
  4. mcgresshoff

    Need some advice please

    So will my little broody just sit and sit, even if nothing happens? Poor Little Mama! I didn't do the candling because I didn't think of it. I also didn't know about letting the eggs "sit" before putting them in the nest. I'll try to hold a little hope for the weekend, but I must admit I feel...
  5. mcgresshoff

    Need some advice please

    They were the assorted fertile chicken eggs, standard not bantams. So my Day 1 is the 9th of August, when I received them in the mail and put them under my Cochin. Then I count 21 days? Is it ever longer? The 21st day would have been last Sunday August 29. This waiting is almost worse than...
  6. mcgresshoff

    Need some advice please

    Hello, I put 6 fertilized eggs under my broody Cochin on the 9th of August. The eggs were laid on the 6th from Meyer Hatchery. Do I start counting from the day the eggs are laid or from when the chicken starts sitting on them? She's been very diligent and loyal to these eggs, but so...
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