Accidently killed a chick in the egg...need some guidance!

[chris_m90731]

Hey all
Been awhile, but I've got a dilemma:
My banny hen has been sitting on a clutch of eggs for a couple weeks now. I know some of the eggs are fertilized because I gave one which had been pushed out from under her, to my pooch. To my dismay, he proceeded to eat a quarter-sized chicken-looking thing with big black eyes inside. It didn't seem to be in pain or whatnot, matter of fact it seemed dead already.
Now...
Should I remove all her eggs and incubate them myself or let nature takes it course? Suggestions? Comments?
Thanks!

 

[homesteadinmama]

Maybe you could candle them and discard the infertile/dead ones and let her sit on the rest, since she doens't mind sitting.

 

[Silkie Sue]

if the hen is sittin i would let her do the work....
they love that stuff...

 

[Papa Rooster]

Hey let her do it herself. how many days has it been? if its just started do it urself but if its been awhile let her do it.

 

[chris_m90731]

It's been aprox. three weeks.
She seems to dig sitting on them and even gets a little loud when you intrude.
Funny because I've done very little for my guy/gals...just laying mash, unlimited foraging time, and agua ...and then BOOM!
LIFE appears.
It's kinda cool, I gotta admit.

As we type, I'm investigating the whole "candling," procedure...

Again, thanks for the input.

 

[HEChicken]

I would let her keep sitting on them - in most cases they do a much better job than we can anyway. She probably pushed it out of the nest because she knew there was something wrong with it.

 

[Papa Rooster]

three weeks? wow they should be about a week/week and a half befor hatching just let her finish it.

 

[chris_m90731]

Will do!

 

[Silkie Sue]

UM.....
according to my calculations 3 weeks = 21 days....
21 days is the incubation period for chickens..... they are closer than you thought...

 

[chris_m90731]

Even better!