Traceaskew
In the Brooder
I had a brahma that had been sitting on 8 eggs for 2 weeks…well, today would've been day 14. She was killed by a raccoon who figured out how to open the broody coop last night My mom found her late this morning so I don't know how long they were alone. I ran out and got an incubator (nope, never hatched eggs before, not even with a broody) and got them in there. I have tried to candle them before she died and could not make out much. They are EE eggs and I read they are hard to see through. I tried candling them again today and all I could see was the air cell, the rest was just dark. I did compare them to an un incubated EE egg from the same hen and that one I could see glowing a bit and make out speckles in the shell.
A bit more info: It was in the low 80's last night, she was VERY devoted and I never saw her off the nest. The incubator is running at about 96.5-99 degrees and humidity has been 48%.
What do you think my chances are at getting any to hatch? I'm so heart broken for this hen, she was so sweet and such a devoted mama
A bit more info: It was in the low 80's last night, she was VERY devoted and I never saw her off the nest. The incubator is running at about 96.5-99 degrees and humidity has been 48%.
What do you think my chances are at getting any to hatch? I'm so heart broken for this hen, she was so sweet and such a devoted mama