Broody Trouble! Please Help!

[aart]

The egg is black when candled.

Candling an egg close to hatch you can't see much but the air cell....
...hopefully you marked this one and can keep an eye on it.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

No but it is the only green EE egg so it is pretty easy to see.

 

[aart]

No but it is the only green EE egg so it is pretty easy to see.

Most my green eggs are very difficult to candle.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Yeah

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Broody 1 (with chicks)

Broody 2 (has about 6 eggs viable)

Broody 3 (has about 7 viable eggs)

I under counted on eggs there are about 13. We have to take the extras that were laid.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

I may still be wrong.

 

[EggWalrus]

Also...how close are/were the three hens sitting?
Is it possible they moved the eggs around between each other?

Oh yeah! If I don't seperate broodys, they will steal each others eggs every time they get up to take a $h!t. Back before the advise of only using pencils to mark eggs, I used an 8 pack of different colored sharpies to mark eggs. Nearly ever day with just a glance I could see where hens had stolen eggs from their community nest mates. I've even caught hens in the wrong nest, go to pick them up and them have an egg tucked under their wing ready to abscond with it. It very well could be you have a case of musical nests.
But, there ain't no damn tellin !

 

[Kiki]

Are you going to take photos of each egg while candling it in a dark spot?

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Yes

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Here are the only two left! Huh... I think there's another snake. Ugh! I'll have to deal with it.
The EE egg

The RIR Egg (I think)