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Thank-you dianneS for your quick reply. I have since tried to get a hold of the eggs again to see if they're still warm but my big roo is very protective and won't even let me in the chicken pen. I also have discovered my red hen sitting solemnly on her eggs and refusing to move so I'm hoping...

I have the same concern! I have two very active roo's and three hens. I think the one hen is sitting on her eggs but the others aren't. I have tried candeling them and have discovered by accidently cracking one that it was fertile. The others I don't know for sure but there are about seven...

Do chickens eat their own young if the shell of a fertilized egg gets cracked?? Or should I be more concerned of a predator getting into my chickens?