My hen was setting on 10 eggs that were due to hatch this past weekend. I checked her progress and noticed that some of the eggs were crushed flat under her...killing the fully developed chick. I removed those 3. One chick hatched no problem, the egg broke cracked open and the chick was free. The next day i found two chicks trying to get out of the shell and the egg was just shattered all over the place, like it was crushed.
3 chicks hatched by sunday and mom is raising them.
four eggs were left. I checked them this morning. When i tapped two they shattered completely and just crumbled.
Has anyone seen this before? When we eat the eggs the shells are very hard. So I am thinking lack of calcium isnt an issue.
any ideas?
3 chicks hatched by sunday and mom is raising them.
four eggs were left. I checked them this morning. When i tapped two they shattered completely and just crumbled.
Has anyone seen this before? When we eat the eggs the shells are very hard. So I am thinking lack of calcium isnt an issue.
any ideas?
