Hatching pullet eggs

[LaurenRitz]

Yeah, he was obvious by the time he hit 3 weeks. At two weeks the comb was well developed but not yet turning red.

The middle one I think is a pullet. Their tails looked distinctly different before the feathers started growing in.

 

[LaurenRitz]

This gives me hope for a couple of young broodies I have right now, sitting on pullet eggs. Fingers crossed.

Did your eggs hatch?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Did your eggs hatch?

Of 19 eggs, I have only 1 survivor. 3 or 4 were clears, about the same number died before hatch, several more were squashed by the broodies before they finished hatching, and a few more hatched successfully but then suffocated or were squashed. ONE chick lives. She's nearly 4 weeks old now and thriving. Sucks about the others. I can only hope it was due to new broodies, and young ones at that, who didn't know what the h*ll they were doing.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Likely. But you know the eggs can hatch, so that's a plus.

I've had broodies push eggs out of the nest, trample them, etc. All of them were first time broody. So far two great moms and one being tested.

 

[LaurenRitz]

The little mascot turned into a pullet. Here she is with her big brother, still just as protective.