Hello,
I had an escape route in my fence and the one and only chicken that decided to take a stroll was a broody hen sitting on about 22 eggs. The eggs are at all different stages because all of the other hens have been laying there and it took me a long while to realize why my egg production "dropped". Anyway, she got out and could not find her way back in. 2 eggs were just barely warm and the rest were cold. It is a cool day today, only about 12 or 14 degrees when I got home and discovered what happened.
I tried candling a few, i took out some of the ones that had not even started. It is hard to tell what I am looking at, I am new to this. I did not see any movement. She has been sitting for about 14 days. What a waste. I am heartbroken. Could any of them survive or should I throw them all away? Will she keep sitting on dead rotting eggs?
I had an escape route in my fence and the one and only chicken that decided to take a stroll was a broody hen sitting on about 22 eggs. The eggs are at all different stages because all of the other hens have been laying there and it took me a long while to realize why my egg production "dropped". Anyway, she got out and could not find her way back in. 2 eggs were just barely warm and the rest were cold. It is a cool day today, only about 12 or 14 degrees when I got home and discovered what happened.
I tried candling a few, i took out some of the ones that had not even started. It is hard to tell what I am looking at, I am new to this. I did not see any movement. She has been sitting for about 14 days. What a waste. I am heartbroken. Could any of them survive or should I throw them all away? Will she keep sitting on dead rotting eggs?