- Nov 2, 2014
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This is my first post but I have found these forums to be a wealth of information in the past. To cut a very long story short, I am on day 22 with what started as 9 eggs under my remaining hen. On day 19 there was a dead hatched chick out of the nest. It was still wet. On day 21 whilst I was hand feeding the hen I was surprised to see a very happy & healthy chick pop it's head out. I gently lifted the front of the hen a little bit & saw unhatched eggs. When I changed the water last night there was another dead chick thrown out of the nest half hatched. The Chick was covered in yolk and it's head was still in the shell. I can't hear any chirping & mum is not moving off the nest. I don't want to interfere too much but don't know if the other chicks will be okay if I just leave mum to do her thing and am anxious that everything is going ok. My other hens were killed about a month ago and now I'm anxious that I'm doing things right.