kswizzyswizz
In the Brooder
- Apr 12, 2022
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Hello! I have a broody mama, whos eggs are just about to hatch, and she wont get off the nest to poop unless i pysically make her. She had two eggs that were covered in poo, i did my best to clean them up with shavings and keep adding dry shavings to help with dampness, but this is pretty narly and worried about the eggs. she has had two successfully hatch, but given her poopy issues i put her babies under a different more expirenced mom. but at some point she will need to raise her own chicks.
half the problem is that i went out of town for a week and a half the people letting my chickens out did not collect a single egg. so i have had two eggs hatch each day since sunday. I have two other hens on their own nests and one already with chicks. So i cant move all of her eggs, but im not sure what to do about her poopy butt!! spot clean, trim her feathers back there and try my best to kick her off the nest every day to make sure she poops? I cannot afford a incubator nor do i thing i have time to order a cheap one.. date ive been guessing for incubation start date was the 23rd. the second day i was out of town.
half the problem is that i went out of town for a week and a half the people letting my chickens out did not collect a single egg. so i have had two eggs hatch each day since sunday. I have two other hens on their own nests and one already with chicks. So i cant move all of her eggs, but im not sure what to do about her poopy butt!! spot clean, trim her feathers back there and try my best to kick her off the nest every day to make sure she poops? I cannot afford a incubator nor do i thing i have time to order a cheap one.. date ive been guessing for incubation start date was the 23rd. the second day i was out of town.
im glad everything worked out
