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Jharper said:
How old we're they again?
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ummm they are either day 8 or day 9th (we opened one at day 4 -5 and thats what it looked like on the embryo chart)-- and! Now Broody number one is back on the eggs again (I put them all back together, there are 11 left, aside from the one I found crushed under her on the floor of the coop)...It was probably about 20- 40mins? but in 103 degree heat ...
 
CAjerseychick said:
ummm they are either day 8 or day 9th (we opened one at day 4 -5 and thats what it looked like on the embryo chart)-- and! Now Broody number one is back on the eggs again (I put them all back together, there are 11 left, aside from the one I found crushed under her on the floor of the coop)...It was probably about 20-  40mins? but in 103 degree heat ...
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Do you have a spare incubator?
 
Jharper said:
The others won't fit up under the other hen? I would try putting her back in the carrier over night and see what she does.
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What happened was the other hen went out to eat and drink and then disappeared into the bushes(my family was being really loud outside and I saw the hen come back then hesitate and go back into the bushes. SO then even the nest box had no hen in it. Then I just checked and hour later and the hen I put into the dog crate last night is BACK on the nest box in the coop on the eggs--
SO it seems I have 2 broodies switching out on the same nest of eggs. But there was a 20-40 min gap of time between hens on the nest (I recombined all the eggs)-- its IS super hot (we are in the mts, I cannot believe we hit 103 degrees today).... so I am hoping the eggs are OK.. I guess I will just candle them on day 10? and see if any are viable...
 
CAjerseychick said:
What happened was the other hen went out to eat and drink and then disappeared into the bushes(my family was being really loud outside and I saw the hen come back then hesitate and go back into the bushes. SO then even the nest box had no hen in it. Then I just checked and hour later and the hen I put into the dog crate last night is BACK on the nest box in the coop on the eggs--
SO it seems I have 2 broodies switching out on the same nest of eggs. But there was a 20-40 min gap of time between hens on the nest (I recombined all the eggs)-- its IS super hot (we are in the mts, I cannot believe we hit 103 degrees today).... so I am hoping the eggs are OK.. I guess I will just candle them on day 10? and see if any are viable...
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They should be fine.
 

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