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Smaller eggs often hatch early. Temps can play a factor. If that one was usually in the warmest spot it may have developed just a bit faster. And some just like to be first for no rhyme or reason.
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Smaller eggs often hatch early. Temps can play a factor. If that one was usually in the warmest spot it may have developed just a bit faster. And some just like to be first for no rhyme or reason.
She is not going to figure it out. She will die on the nest instead. That is not to scare you. I am just telling you that she isn't going to figure it out.
It really sounds like you need to get her some babies. It doesn't matter what breed of bird. Just that they be one or two days old. Put them under her at night, and get the eggs out of there. Be careful that none break.
The cause of the eggs stopping their development could be most anything. Yes, that he could have done it.
Good luck!
Sounds like a plan. If you miss her run around time, switch them out at night. She won't know the difference.Thanks for the luck we need it. I'm toying with the idea of taking 2 or 3 from my other broody and switching them out this morning while she's running around. Those eggs are about 25 to 28 days along
Sounds like a plan. If you miss her run around time, switch them out at night. She won't know the difference.
So mom left the nest with the baby... I checked the eggs and two of the eggs have pipped internally but not externally... (I hear peeping but no break in the shell)... Mom is NOT going back to nest.. I have her in a small area away from the flock and she is nesting with baby outside of the box... I don't have an incubatorany tips? I was hoping she'd hear them and go back to finish the job... But she's been off almost an hour. I'm fearing the worst for these poor babies.
So mom left the nest with the baby... I checked the eggs and two of the eggs have pipped internally but not externally... (I hear peeping but no break in the shell)... Mom is NOT going back to nest.. I have her in a small area away from the flock and she is nesting with baby outside of the box... I don't have an incubatorany tips? I was hoping she'd hear them and go back to finish the job... But she's been off almost an hour. I'm fearing the worst for these poor babies.
The rooster that fathered my first brood of chicks died over night. He was only 16 months old. We don't know what happened. He had been sick for about 6 weeks. We tried everything short of stripping nekked, painting ourselves purple and slinging a dead cat over our heads while standing on a hilltop at midnight and nothing helped.
I have three full blooded Buff O cockerels from him. One full blooded Buff O pullet, and three Welly/Buff O cross cockerels that he can claim so a bit of him will live on.
So happy for all of you hatching new chicks. Today I'm celebrating a short life well lived.
I'm gonna miss you, Red.
Now, how am I supposed to tell you how sorry I am, when I am laughing so hard?!
Okay, I will tell you that I am honestly sorry you lost him. He may have had a weak heart. MaybeSorry. I was going to say something funny. I want you to know I am sorry though.
Now, you are hilarious!