I'm new to hatching; this would be my first runI was so excited that my Ayam girl was broody. I gave her eleven eggs (mix of standard and bantam) last Saturday, in a pet carrier. At first, she walked out of the carrier and tip go back to the nest box. I closed the door to the carrier for about an hour, and she settled on her eggs. I then left the carrier door open for her. On day two, I was outside when she left the eggs to eat and drink, and she forgot where her eggs were and went back to an empty nest box instead of the carrier, so I picked her up and put her back with the eggs in the carrier where she happily sat on them. She did great for the rest of the week until yesterday.
It was cool and rainy, so I got lazy and didn't go outside throughout the day to check on her like I had been. When I went out at almost dusk, I found her sitting on a single egg in the nest box she had been in before she had eggs to sit on, and her eggs in the carrier were cold. I do not know how many hours it was, nine max. It was 48 degrees outside. I picked her up out of the nest box and placed her back on the eggs. I always go out just after dark to count my girls and make sure everything is secure. My broody was still in the carrier at this point, but three of her eggs were not well-covered by her body, and they were very cold. I went ahead and helped her tuck them back under.
So, for some of the eggs, that was twice they had gone cold, uggg. What are the chances they are still alive? I will be receiving my candler on Tuesday and was planning on candling for the first time then. I've prepared, reading and watching videos to learn what I was looking for, but how will I know if they stopped developing at day six when I candle them on day ten? What should I look for?
It was cool and rainy, so I got lazy and didn't go outside throughout the day to check on her like I had been. When I went out at almost dusk, I found her sitting on a single egg in the nest box she had been in before she had eggs to sit on, and her eggs in the carrier were cold. I do not know how many hours it was, nine max. It was 48 degrees outside. I picked her up out of the nest box and placed her back on the eggs. I always go out just after dark to count my girls and make sure everything is secure. My broody was still in the carrier at this point, but three of her eggs were not well-covered by her body, and they were very cold. I went ahead and helped her tuck them back under.
So, for some of the eggs, that was twice they had gone cold, uggg. What are the chances they are still alive? I will be receiving my candler on Tuesday and was planning on candling for the first time then. I've prepared, reading and watching videos to learn what I was looking for, but how will I know if they stopped developing at day six when I candle them on day ten? What should I look for?
