None have hatched and Lily has 5 eggs left. She only had four but Martha started laying again. Last night and she took it so I'm just going to leave it and if she sticks with it great if not I'll put it in the bator.
What happened was Martha started to sit and lily didn't until recently so Lily was still laying in the beginning and Martha was taking them and sitting on them. Then Lily went broody so she also stopped laying so there are eggs at different stages of incubation. The ones I candled that looked...
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I candled some of the eggs, from what I can tell there are a few that are close to hatching date and some that still have maybe 1 1/2 - 2 weeks left and then there are some that I think just went bad. I didn't candle all of them but that's what it's looking like.
Yeah. Lily just took the whole nest. I think Lily's doing a little bit of a better job than Martha did.. If I went near Martha while she was on the nest she'd just leave, Lily will stay there.
I'm thinking and maybe some of the eggs will take a couple more days because I think some of the eggs...
Only a couple are dark the others are still nice and white. I didn't smell them, but I should have. Also I'm gonna try to candle them again when it gets a little dark so I can actually see.
I didn't see anything that would make me think there was life. Also you've added younger chickens in with your older ones, right? When can I add my two 6 week old barreds with my 3 1/2 month olds? The barreds are half the size. My mom is convinced I'm being cruel by not pertain them be with the...