Broody Trouble! Please Help!

[Kiki]

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

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

I will and no I did not label them

 

[Kiki]

I will and no I did not label them

Next time label them.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

You can try and listen to the eggs or weigh them. Somewhere on BYC was a thread about tracking the weight of developing eggs to know where they were in development.
All the eggs I hatched last were black the first time I candled after knowing they were viable. I couldn't see a thing! You may be able to hear movement or peeping if hatching time is close.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

They did not move eggs. There is a piece of wood between the two with eggs and the other incubated in our hay barn.

 

[aart]

They did not move eggs. There is a piece of wood between the two with eggs and the other incubated in our hay barn.

Where is the one with already hatched chicks?

When you candle are you having any success?
Have you had some practice?
Doing it with a bright light in a very dark room?

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

We do it at night with a bright flashlight, we have hatched 5 broods before, the one with chicks walks with her her chicks outside the coop. We do have success candling.

 

[aart]

the one with chicks walks with her her chicks outside the coop.

Was she in the hay barn?
Did she leave an egg in nest?
Is that egg still viable?

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

Yes, she was in the hay barn. We moved her and her last egg to the coop. We gave the egg to another bird because, she was walking around with her chicks outside. They were less than a day old when found, so the egg was continuously sat on.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

We didn't know she was there until we heard the chicks. The egg is black when candled.