broken cracked shells

  1. W

    Day 23 winter broody hen, candled & accidentally cracked egg!

    So I let a broody hen incubate eggs during the winter, a risk I know. I candled them on day 16 and all was good. I was planning to move mama and her eggs to a private brooder on the evening of day 17. Unfortunately in the afternoon of day 17 she was kicked off her nest by other hens and the eggs...
  2. ojust4today

    Any guess’s on what happened?

    I found one egg completely broken and this cracked egg. This has happened a few times where they have broken or cracked never cracked to this extent. These eggs are precious to me. Would the ducks crack their own eggs and if not what could put a hole in such a hard egg. Both eggs were found...
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