got lazy decided to let them hach

[rowdydouillard]

i have four hens all bantys. with 2 roos since they started laying eggs in june I have collected eggs every day and placed in fridge. two weeks ago I feed the chicks and didn't pick up the eggs. next day the eggs had been turned so I left them in the coop to see if I could get them to hatch. the problem is that two became four eggs over a period of a week. good news is I have a broody hen taking care of the eggs.

candled the eggs and all are developing.
what will happen to the eggs layed later when the first two hatch?

 

[ChickenKing319]

The hen might abandon them with the other 2 chicks or they will hatch late and get bullied buy the older two. you could take the older two away when the hatch and allow the other eggs to hatch then add the older two back in.

 

[mstricer]

Gather any unhatched eggs and put in incubator

 

[rowdydouillard]

Yesterday three chicks hatched. I put them in my makeshift brooder setup in the garage. One egg disappeared so no late hatch. My broody did get two more eggs from the other hens thou

 

[mstricer]

 

[rowdydouillard]

Just watched my two day old chicks eat moths. Normal?

 

[mstricer]

yes

 

[rowdydouillard]

my three little ones

 

[cmfarm]

my three little ones

Very cute!

 

[rowdydouillard]

Thanks I think it will be two roos and one girl