How long is an unicubated egg good when it's been outside or unrefrigerated? And what if the eggs are all fertilized, but only some are being layed on, are unicubated fertilized eggs ok to eat? I've never had fresh layed eggs before.
Thank you Chicks N Horses. So you think I should just put her in the coop, with any chicks that hatch? If some hatch and some don't, I assume she'll leave the unhatched ones behind so she can tend to the chicks. Is plain chicken scratch all they need?
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I live in a semi-rural county in VA. I believe that we had neighbors that were renting a house. I think they had chickens and guinea hens and when they moved, they left the birds behind. I didn't know them and I don't know for sure that the...