Day 21 Under a Broody Hen

[Booswalia]

Eggs, eggs are under her, not me.
Nothing yet but when I candled one of the eggs this morning I could just barely see a little movement.
Will she defend them from the other hens. I opened her pen this morning and one of the other hens tried to peck at her. She didn't defend herself and more than usual.

 

[ScissorChick]

You definatly need to seperate her and her babies after they all hatch

If you don't want to deal with re-introducing her, just block off one corner of the coop with wire for them.

It's see through, so no re-introducing. You shouldn't be messing with the eggs, especially durring lockdown.

Good luck!

 

[Booswalia]

Right now the broody is in a dog house inside the pen area. I built a door for the dog house and put a wired window in the door. They still see each other every day.

 

[Booswalia]

Most of the the shell on one of the eggs is now broken off but the membrane is still in tack. Is this normal?
How long does it take for the chick to break out?
Oooh, this is exciting.

 

[kasey08]

Looking under a broody hen is like looking in a incubator. They will get stuck if the moisture leaves.

 

[Booswalia]

I'm just looking through the door. I can see one egg sticking out from under her and it's missing most of it's shell. The hen pecked at in a tiny bit, just the once.

 

[kasey08]

Oh

Well they should be fine. I have had one hen that didnt sit on all the eggs while hatching but I think she had to many eggs. It did shrink wrap I had to help it.

 

[Booswalia]

Shrink wrap? Am I missing something?

 

[kasey08]

Its where the membrane is stuck to the chick and it cant move.