Day 23 Now What Its The First Time With Chickens For Me

[maoriauctions]

Kia ora my chickens have been sitting on fertilised eggs for 23 days, how long do i let them sit on them, what do i do please help me

 

[silkiechicken]

I would pull the eggs and candle them to make sure they are developing. They should have hatched at day 21, starting from the first day the hen sat on eggs. They might not be good anymore. Check tomorrow morning.

 

[maoriauctions]

I got these eggs on the 1st of nov, so would i take it from the time my chicken sits on them?

 

[edster951]

21 days from when you set the eggs...

So as its the 22nd, the eggs are 21 days. If you set the eggs late on the 1st, then the 23rd will be day 21.

Still have a couple of days to go yet.

Eddie

PS where in NZ are you from?, I'm in Southland

 

[maoriauctions]

Kia Ora edster951

So im panicking for nothing, thank u so much for putting my mind at rest, I have to laugh at myself. Me im from Tauranga. Ive had no experience with chickens so i started freaking, do you breed them?

 

[seminolewind]

Hi, I would take one out, hold it to your ear, and gently tap a few times. You may hear something. I actually heard the heartbeat. Karen

 

[edster951]

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Don't breed them yet.

Hope to on our wee farmlet later when we move in in December.

Started off with 6 hens, but just hatched 10 2.5 weeks ago. Got another broody hen on another 6 eggs.

Just for fun at the moment.

 

[maoriauctions]

well im happy to say two eggs from what i saw have started to hatch, the only thing that im worried about is that there are two hens on the eggs, when they have hatched do they share the chicks or will they fight ova them

 

[edster951]

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dunno, never had two broodies together...how do they which chicks belong to whom.

 

[maoriauctions]

acutally they dont belong to either, i got them off trademe when hen number 1 decided to get clucky the other one started about 2 weeks ago