Eggs went cold. Could they still be alive?

[EllieandOlive]

Silkies do it best!

I've got 6 silkies in a brooder right now! It's my first time with them, so excited!

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

Also an update: of the three cold eggs, one was rotten. One was fully developed but dead in shell (obviously didn't make it from the cold) and one has hatched and is healthy! And I've got a brooder half full healthy chicks from my incubator today!

Yay!

 

[EllieandOlive]

Also an update: of the three cold eggs, one was rotten. One was fully developed but dead in shell (obviously didn't make it from the cold) and one has hatched and is healthy! And I've got a brooder half full healthy chicks from my incubator today!

Here are some of my new babes!

 

[BDutch]

Like two hens sharing a clutch of eggs? Wow!!

Yes, once I even had three broodies on one nest. But that was not a good idea (quarrelled). I had to separate the third one and gave her a few eggs of her own. This was not intended and the eggs were a bit older, but still had 2 out of 5 eggs hatched.

No Silkies but Dutch. Real small bantams and great broodies. They are not too stubborn. If I want to stop the broodiness I just need to
- ‘kick’ the broody out and take away the eggs a couple a times a day.
- close the nest boxes before sunset for a couple of days.