They're going, four for certain, two still sort of ??? I had to cave in and give the viable ones to the seramas on eggs, their own eggs weren't viable and I hate to see a hen work for nothing... They look kind of silly sitting on the Delaware BOULDERS but the sizzle eggs are a good fit. I...
They're going. Several of them have discernable veining and/or wee spider butts. Day five for some, four for the others. Let's see how they do... I don't expect any to go past day 10 but I've been completely surprised before. Nature decides not me. I just turn the eggs. LOL.
Tinker has always been more determined than Ponder. And Tinker's son from this year is getting to be quite the looker, I should take pics soon of him and the Dels coming up. But I hate taking my camera out in this darn weather. Maybe it will thaw soon. Maybe I'll just set more frozen...
She was stealing more eggs today when I went in the coop and growled at me when I took the extras away. I keep telling her six delawares or del mixes will keep her plenty busy. She's not listening. ALL the EGGS are HERS! HERS she SAYS!
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She's BR and I think Amanda was her mother, either her or Lexie? It's been awhile hasn't it? LOL And yes it's COLD out there. I was telling her, she'll be lucky to rear half of them in this weather. She just told me to go hang... she's BUSY. She's such a brat. All she had to do...
Well, then I suppose that's the way we find out if they were frozen or only near frozen. What I do know is night time temps have been in the teens and daytime it's been snowing. And they weren't in warmed areas of the coops. I tossed out those that had expanded and cracked. Those were...
Found an unattended stash of frozen eggs and decided to SEE if any of them would go... day 1 The weather, to say the least, has been NASTY.
And Cynthia - Tinker has decided to go broody NOW. Mid Freeze. Darn bird.
Decided to retitle it... 18 eggs