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    Hen sat on eggs for 4-5 days before abandoning. Would you still eat the eggs?

    We'll keep all the pullets for now and possibly 1 cockerel. My husband has a work friend that's been trying to get some hens but he doesn't have the necessary items to raise chicks so we offered some to him when they're a little older but otherwise they'll be part of our flock. We have no plans...
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    Hen sat on eggs for 4-5 days before abandoning. Would you still eat the eggs?

    I understand, I'm in the same position myself with a staggered hatch. I just had a baby in Feb so I stopped caring for the flock and my husband took over for me and I came back to 5 broodies and dozens of unmarked eggs. I moved 3 into broody coops and the other 2 I've left in their coops and...
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    Hen sat on eggs for 4-5 days before abandoning. Would you still eat the eggs?

    By day 3 I can see veins when candling the eggs so I absolutely would not eat them. I mark mine with a colored pencil cause regular pencil has rubbed off while they're under the hen. As a general rule, pull all the eggs daily until you're ready to let the hen sit, some hens may not be committed...
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