Did she shrink wrap her eggs?!

[SilverCreekChic]

Did my hen shrink wrap her eggs? She got up during feeding time, so I took the moment to peek at her eggs and discovered some pipped! I was so excited until I shined my flashlight and now I’m worried if the one is shrink wrapped.

 

[Pearlescent]

Looks fine to me.

 

[SilverCreekChic]

Looks fine to me.

Yay! we are so excited! We just lost two of our laying hens to a fox.

 

[Yardmom]

It is actually normal for hens to get up while the first pips are happening. No reason to think they are shrink wrapped. (Incubator eggs are in a human altered environment that makes them slightly more susceptible to shrink wrapping)

 

[SilverCreekChic]

It is actually normal for hens to get up while the first pips are happening. No reason to think they are shrink wrapped. (Incubator eggs are in a human altered environment that makes them slightly more susceptible to shrink wrapping)

So relieved to hear this. Thank you!

 

[Jener8or]

I have had chicks get shrink wrapped in the shell even when they were hen hatched. But I had 2 broodies next to each other and they were swapping chicks and nests and such while they were hatching. It's probably fine, but I would just keep tabs on it.

 

[Jener8or]

Yay! we are so excited! We just lost two of our laying hens to a fox.

Sorry about your two hens! Keep us posted with your hatch!

 

[SilverCreekChic]

Sorry about your two hens! Keep us posted with your hatch!

Three babies so far!

 

[Jener8or]

Three babies so far!

Cute! What is your broody's ancestry? She's got a crazy comb.

 

[SilverCreekChic]

Cute! What is your broody's ancestry? She's got a crazy comb.

She’s a Pavlovskaya barnyard special with a v-shaped and single comb mix lol. Our rooster is a Cochin barnyard special. She has been incubating a mix of Golden Comets, Amerucauna, and Brahma eggs, possibly a French Wheaten Marian and one of her own eggs. I can’t remember all I put under her lol. It will be fun to see what these little ones become.