Well no go on the last 4 eggs. This is day 27 not good I know. I don't see any signs of movement or pips. More then liokely they didn't develope. We'll have to give it another try in the future!!!! Thanks for everyones support!!!
Just wanted to give an update on my eggs.
I'm on day 23 now, so I look under my hen and there is a dead chick in its crushed shell. I'm thinking when the hen left the nest to stretch yesterday she must have cracked the shell before the chick was ready to hatch. It looked a little small. I still...
Funny you say that about your faverolle. My faverolle is identical, such a great bird. This is her first time going broody and she
Is very devoted, maybe comes off the eggs every 2 days or so to stretch and talk, very funny.
Today should be day 21, I'm not hearing anything from her box but it...
Congrats Everyone!!!
I'm starting to get excited about my hatch day. Hopefully I'll have just as good news as everyone else. We're looking at this Sat/Sun for hatch day, so hopefully all goes well.
Hi Everybody,
I just saw this thread, sorry so late.
I placed 7 BCM eggs under my broody hen on 7/7, now I can't wait till next weekend. The hen that is being used is a Salmon Faverolle and she is a very sweet girl. This is her first time going broody so I figured I'd give her a chance...