Not sure if a broody question should go here or in Incubating & Hatching- mods feel free to move as you see fit!
I've got a broody Black Star who has been sitting on 9 eggs since this past Friday, April 8. We haven't yet moved her out of the regular coop (DH and I seem to have different ideas about a small broody coop- anyway!) and I was gone all morning, so the flock was confined to the coop and run. When I let them out at around 3 p.m. today, the broody was in a different nest box and 2 unmarked eggs had been laid in with her clutch. I moved the unmarked ones out and put her back on her clutch. She had been off a while because the eggs weren't warm. Not stone cold- it's 86 degrees today and was 90 degrees in the coop when I moved her back- but she could have been off them for a few hours. Since two eggs had been laid in with them, I suppose they were covered for part of that time. Will this be much of a problem? I know incubators can lose power for a few hours and there's generally not a real problem, right?
I've got a broody Black Star who has been sitting on 9 eggs since this past Friday, April 8. We haven't yet moved her out of the regular coop (DH and I seem to have different ideas about a small broody coop- anyway!) and I was gone all morning, so the flock was confined to the coop and run. When I let them out at around 3 p.m. today, the broody was in a different nest box and 2 unmarked eggs had been laid in with her clutch. I moved the unmarked ones out and put her back on her clutch. She had been off a while because the eggs weren't warm. Not stone cold- it's 86 degrees today and was 90 degrees in the coop when I moved her back- but she could have been off them for a few hours. Since two eggs had been laid in with them, I suppose they were covered for part of that time. Will this be much of a problem? I know incubators can lose power for a few hours and there's generally not a real problem, right?
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