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Quote: You had your chance and you broke her. I bet in a few months she goes broody again. At least now you know you have the "possibility" of a broody. I had no choice with 32 (now 31 ) chicks in the brooder had I allowed my hen to continue to set and hatch, my DH would have shot...

Quote: You had your chance and you broke her. I bet in a few months she goes broody again. At least now you know you have the "possibility" of a broody.

Glad to hear everythings going well with Buffy and Sam.

If they are white eggs or light brown eggs, you should be able to see in them with a regular flashlight. I usually use a maglight, they work well.

Oh good. *phew*

Oh no! I hope you find the little one! You may want to candle the rest of the eggs. You should see all dark except for the air sac in a fully developed chick. The rest of the eggs might be duds, but she could keep trying to hatch them, and not tend to the baby.

Love the last photo. It's like she's saying "I dare you to try to touch my baby!"

Awww, what an adorable little EE baby!

Beautiful momma and chick! Congrats! for more chicks!

Quote: Isn't it great to be a grandmother and not a mom??!! Congrats, can't wait to hear the final tally! Congrats! And on the mental picture of you running in to post about it and that you "think" it's a black chick! LOL, in all your excitement you forgot to see what color it is...

Quote: I'm still in the no broody club too. Hoping someone will go broody!

Almost there.

Only 4 more days! I can't wait for those baby pics!

It goes by fast UNTIL the last 3 days, then it comes to what seems like a complete halt. If none hatch, you go get some day olds and pop them under her. (But I'm betting that won't happen) I wouldn't start over - 6 weeks is a long time for her to be sitting on eggs. I'm sure people have done...

I can't wait for them to hatch!

The halfway point! You're almost there! (I mean Buffy is almost there!)

Glad you found your missing girl. My hens have moved fake eggs to other nest boxes. In order to do that, they have to get them up and over the wood lip of the box. So it is possible. Candle or don't candle, it doesn't change anything. But it is neat to see the chick developing inside the...

It amazes me how they can move eggs around. I'm following this to live vicariously through you. I want a broody!

I'd either let her sit on the original 3 eggs or remove all those eggs (toss them) and set new eggs all at the same time. And I'd take out the golf ball (so she doesn't keep trying to hatch it when the babies come) and mark all the eggs.