Abandoned eggs

minna

Songster
11 Years
Oct 15, 2008
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Burnsville, MS
My dh's best friend has some neighbors that moved out about 2 weeks ago. They had some WILD game chickens and a few guineas. They were all wild and kind left to do their own thing without being messed with since birth. They left a few of them that they couldn't catch and he trapped them and I brought them home to let them free range, just so I knew they would be fed. The question is, he went out today and found a nest full of eggs. Who knows how long they have been abandoned. There is no telling which hen's nest it is. The last hen was only caught 2 days ago. What do you think the hatchability would be? Should i send my dh ought to collect them tomorrow and set them?
 
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As long as they smell fine I would try it!!!!!
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If anything happens keep us up to date!!!
 
I would be candling them before I put them in the incubator. Just so I'd know what to expect. If the hen was assembling a clutch and development hasn't begun, you should be good to go. If they are partly developed they are likely to have expired after cooling for two days. I might put them in for a while though just to make sure.
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