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Sometimes it’s just better to give the broody a solitary place to brood closed of from the other hens. I let my two broodies sit next to each other with only a room divider in between and the other ladies had access to lay another egg too. They made a mess. One nest got poop 💩 on the eggs. A...

I realised that I don’t have to mark the dark brown eggs. All of my chickens lay white eggs. So if there is an intruder laying an extra egg under the broody, there will be no problem to distinguish the bought eggs from my own. 🤣 PS I probably have more problems to candle the eggs in 8-10 days. 💡

I found this info about marking eggs in another thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/12th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-along.1444337/page-93#post-24135591

Are you sure this doesn't harm the chicks. A shell is permeable and I am afraid the chemicals in markers can go through the shell. I always had white eggs to hatch before and didn’t have problems reading the pencil marks. But Thursday I’m collecting dark brown eggs to hatch under a broody. Is...