WaspSlayer
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- Jul 21, 2020
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Note: My flock is free range
The scenario: This morning one of my hens, Miss Broody, hatched a chick (Candy Corn - named so due to the white tipped candy corn-like beak) from a large clutch of eggs; which she had built up on an upper level of the coop. She led the chick out of the coop, and that's when I noticed she had been sitting on 13 eggs; one of which hatched. I coaxed her and the chick into a chicken tractor in order to protect them from the rooster, other hens, and 7 cats that also roam the property. I then collected the remaining 12 eggs, and one at a time floated them in order to determine if any of the eggs were laid recently and could still be kept for eating; they all floated. I quickly collected them, gathered some clean pine shavings and placed the eggs & shavings in the tractor with Miss Broody and Candy Corn.
Question: If Miss Broody chooses to continue sitting on the eggs, can the eggs be hatched?
Please comment with all advice you feel. I've been raising chickens for less than a year, and need as much info as possible.
A million times...thank you!!
P.S. I've attached pics of Candy Corn.
The scenario: This morning one of my hens, Miss Broody, hatched a chick (Candy Corn - named so due to the white tipped candy corn-like beak) from a large clutch of eggs; which she had built up on an upper level of the coop. She led the chick out of the coop, and that's when I noticed she had been sitting on 13 eggs; one of which hatched. I coaxed her and the chick into a chicken tractor in order to protect them from the rooster, other hens, and 7 cats that also roam the property. I then collected the remaining 12 eggs, and one at a time floated them in order to determine if any of the eggs were laid recently and could still be kept for eating; they all floated. I quickly collected them, gathered some clean pine shavings and placed the eggs & shavings in the tractor with Miss Broody and Candy Corn.
Question: If Miss Broody chooses to continue sitting on the eggs, can the eggs be hatched?
Please comment with all advice you feel. I've been raising chickens for less than a year, and need as much info as possible.
A million times...thank you!!
P.S. I've attached pics of Candy Corn.
