Day 23 Under Broody Hen

[HereChickChickChick88]

Start of day 23 under a broody hen...only 2/6 eggs hatched (started with 12 but 4 broke and two disappeared - don't want to think that hard about that). Is there any hope for the remaining 4 under my hen? She hasn't abandoned them yet.

 

[Pork Pie]

There's hope, yes. Did you count the day you set the eggs as day zero or day one?

 

[hannahsflock]

There is still hope. I usually take eggs out of the incubator on day 24. But you might still get a couple out on day 23.

 

[HereChickChickChick88]

There's hope, yes. Did you count the day you set the eggs as day zero or day one?

I put them in on a monday afternoon and this past monday I had 2 chicks running around. she had pulled 2 aside this afternoon and sat on just them, but when she got off the nest they either rolled down off the nest of she moved them - either is possible... it's just straw and pine chips in a large tupperware container.