If you follow this link it talks about how to tell if an egg is fertile and has photos. If you crack some eggs and most are fertile. most you don't crack will be fertile too.
Fertile Egg Photos
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
If you decide to give one or both eggs, you have some options. Many people isolate a broody hen form the flock while they incubate eggs. I don't but there is nothing wrong with that. I'll let others talk about that if they want to.
Whether you decide to let a broody incubate the eggs with the flock or isolate her, you need to collect all the eggs you want her to hatch and start them under her at the same time. That's important for different reasons. You want them all to hatch at the same time, not spread out.
I collect all the eggs I want her to hatch and mark them, using a black Sharpie. It's not that unusual for another egg to show up under a broody hen. Another hen may lay a fresh egg in her nest or the broody may carry an egg back to her nest. So every day after they have all laid I check under a broody and remove any unmarked eggs. If you remove them every day they are still good to use.
When the eggs hatch I let the broody hen take care of raising them with the flock. Some people like to isolate the hen and chicks form the flock. Again, just different ways to do it.
Fertile Egg Photos
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
If you decide to give one or both eggs, you have some options. Many people isolate a broody hen form the flock while they incubate eggs. I don't but there is nothing wrong with that. I'll let others talk about that if they want to.
Whether you decide to let a broody incubate the eggs with the flock or isolate her, you need to collect all the eggs you want her to hatch and start them under her at the same time. That's important for different reasons. You want them all to hatch at the same time, not spread out.
I collect all the eggs I want her to hatch and mark them, using a black Sharpie. It's not that unusual for another egg to show up under a broody hen. Another hen may lay a fresh egg in her nest or the broody may carry an egg back to her nest. So every day after they have all laid I check under a broody and remove any unmarked eggs. If you remove them every day they are still good to use.
When the eggs hatch I let the broody hen take care of raising them with the flock. Some people like to isolate the hen and chicks form the flock. Again, just different ways to do it.
