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  1. citychicks99

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

    Wow, sounds like you're going to have a huge flock soon. Good thing you have the space for it. Are you going to keep all the chickens or sell some of them? My mom was against letting the hen hatch more chicks because they eat so much but I don't mind it.
  2. citychicks99

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

    Good call on the colored pencils. I'll remark them later today when she gets up. This wasn't planned by me so I'm just going to have to deal with a staggered hatch. I counted 12 eggs yesterday and on the first day she started brooding there were already 4 eggs and we have 4 other laying hens so...
  3. citychicks99

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

    Oh gosh, I don't think I could eat that. Well, good thing I checked again before I went inside for the night because she's back on the eggs.
  4. citychicks99

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

    One of my hens got broody in one of the nest boxes and the other hens continued laying eggs in it. I cut a hole in one of those storage totes as their nesting box and stacked them one on top of another and they love the one on top. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to tell which eggs she had been...
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