Michelle Spall
Chirping
HI all,
I put 15 GF eggs under 2 broody Sussex chooks
5 days before they were due to hatch I moved them into a nursery.
That night 1 of the chooks got off the eggs :-( When I found this I quickly put all her eggs under the other chook, I don't know how long she was off the eggs over night.
We then had a 3 day heat wave with temps over 40 deg.
I have had 6 hatch early (day 26), loosing 1 but the rest doing fine.
Chook is still sitting on the other 9 and I think this 9 maybe the ones from the other chook.
They were all not due to hatch untill tomorrow.
My question is how long do you think I should leave the 9 eggs under her?
I put 15 GF eggs under 2 broody Sussex chooks
5 days before they were due to hatch I moved them into a nursery.
That night 1 of the chooks got off the eggs :-( When I found this I quickly put all her eggs under the other chook, I don't know how long she was off the eggs over night.
We then had a 3 day heat wave with temps over 40 deg.
I have had 6 hatch early (day 26), loosing 1 but the rest doing fine.
Chook is still sitting on the other 9 and I think this 9 maybe the ones from the other chook.
They were all not due to hatch untill tomorrow.
My question is how long do you think I should leave the 9 eggs under her?