Need help please! I tried to ask on the Facebook group and got ignored. Went to my in laws yesterday and they told me one of their chickens had gone missing recently. When I asked which one and they said the fat tan one.. I instantly knew we had a hiding broody hen.
Well I went out searching for her and first place I checked was under their shed. Found Nugget, with a pile of eggs under her. But also looks like some of the young spring chickens who just started laying had been laying all around her, I could tell she took what she could fit under her, but there were 15 eggs she wasn’t sitting on.
Well I left momma alone (the shed is 100% protected from predators and they have a livestock guard dog). Took the 15 eggs inside to candle them. I’m in DFW Texas so we have that 100-108 degree weather and I knew those eggs could be growing without Nugget, since it was much cooler under the shed and wouldn’t cook them.
Every one of the eggs had started to grow, 12 were dead but 3 were very happily and actively alive. I rushed and got them to my incubator.
Ok here is my problem now, all 3 eggs are in different stages, and I already had eggs in the incubator on day 3. I could use help trying to guess what day the further egg is at so I know when to lock down. Also need to know if lock down will hurt the other eggs? My guess is the ones I found are on day 10,12,13. Here is a picture of the furthest along, bad quality because I was at my in-laws and this was the only flashlight they had available.
Well I went out searching for her and first place I checked was under their shed. Found Nugget, with a pile of eggs under her. But also looks like some of the young spring chickens who just started laying had been laying all around her, I could tell she took what she could fit under her, but there were 15 eggs she wasn’t sitting on.
Well I left momma alone (the shed is 100% protected from predators and they have a livestock guard dog). Took the 15 eggs inside to candle them. I’m in DFW Texas so we have that 100-108 degree weather and I knew those eggs could be growing without Nugget, since it was much cooler under the shed and wouldn’t cook them.
Every one of the eggs had started to grow, 12 were dead but 3 were very happily and actively alive. I rushed and got them to my incubator.
Ok here is my problem now, all 3 eggs are in different stages, and I already had eggs in the incubator on day 3. I could use help trying to guess what day the further egg is at so I know when to lock down. Also need to know if lock down will hurt the other eggs? My guess is the ones I found are on day 10,12,13. Here is a picture of the furthest along, bad quality because I was at my in-laws and this was the only flashlight they had available.