It depends...
I had that happen too just reciently.
I tossed them in the bator and looks like some lived But only time will tell PLUS what deformities the chick might have due to it.
About a monty ago I had 22 broodies at once. I always have broodies all times of the yr. Not often when I have not a single broody. Its very contagious in my flock.
came home from work tonight to 18 more baby peeps... total of 23 so far...20 more to go from batch #1! Then expecting batch 2 & 3 in 3 weeks from now! Chick season here! All thats hatch so far are blue calicos, calicos, blk mottleds and some buffs and white cochins!
Well out of 46 eggs total I bought over the internet from 2 diff sellers, I candled them and 31 are fertile and doing great at developing. Thats a great hatch rate for mailed in eggs! Too bad a certian color, none was fertile, BUT it happens. I have 3 different batchs hatching... Batch #1 is my...
HI Reggen!
I have a 2x4 ferret cage hanging on the wall with nails above the floor of my coop just at arm/eye level to save room. About a week before chicks hatch from eggs, I move hen(s) into there to hatch out. It works great and keeps them totally safe too. Soon as my chicks start hatching...
I currenly have 15 broody hens here! 3 hens are sitting on 15 eggs each and 2 other hens are sitting on 8 eggs each and 1 hen is sitting on 9 eggs. Im expecting 25 more eggs to arrive in the mail Monday or Tuesday and they will be split between 4 more broody hens which will give me a total of 93...