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Our broody Orpington did an unexpected and surprising week for us. We were searching for answer on what the effect of our hen leaving her eggs to cool down on the 5th day of her sitting on her eggs as sherylreno suggested to wait it out, we did and expected to have chicks on the 23rd of this...

cmfarm is right, we meant the 23rd of april and we are very excited, hoping that we will have some chicks.

our hen is sitting on her eggs religiously and we are waiting what will happen on the 23rd, if we will have some chicks.

Our orpington was sitting on her eggs for five days, but on the following day she was not sitting on the nest and when we inspected the eggs and touch them they were cold. She is back sitting on them again patiently for eight days. Will there be any problem for those eggs?

Our broody Orpington was sitting on her eggs for five days and on the 6th day she decided to take time off and for how long we don't know, but when we checked on her eggs they were cold. We did not know what to do nor we don't know what will be the effect on those eggs. Then on that same day...

Thank you WoodlandWoman and sonew123 for the answers. The problem with these eggs are not present from the outside appearance, the shells are intact, no pinholes, cracks, but only when you crack the shell, the egg yolks just breaks and cloudy in appearance with rot patches or even the whole...

We have problem with some of our eggs, maybe one or two a week. I read that if the shell membrane that protects the egg from microbial and fungal infections is damaged or malformed and it get into the egg it will cause rot patches or whole rot. We get sometimes this problem with our eggs, they...

thanks for your reply. the eggs are pick the same day they are laid at least 3x a day. the coop is comfortable, not too cold or too warm. the pullets are close to year old in April and the eggs are without smell at all. it has hazy appearance and the yolk do not hold, but breaks right away...

We having some problem with some of our eggs, the yolk easily breaks when you cracked the egg and it also looked like a rotten egg, when the eggs are real fresh, just picked from the nest. Any idea and is it safe to eat?

i am new and lost where to start, well maybe to say hello first to all! i learned a lot about chickens from your forum and i want to be a part of it by asking questions too.