Vhope77

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Jan 19, 2019
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my broody hen has been sitting on her eggs for four days now and she left to eat and got confused and sat on some different eggs instead of her batch usually I collect eggs throughout the day but today I got busy and it slipped my mind . When I went to check on her she was on different eggs and hers had went cold! It is 0 degrees Celsius so they were very cold I assume she had been off them 2-3 hours but could be as long as 6- 12 hours I put her back on then and she instantly sat on them again but I am worried they will not hatch because they got so cold!
 
incubating eggs are remarkably resilient. they tend to slow down and then suspend metabolism when left and if heat returns within about 12 hours, often development will pick right back up where it left off, delaying hatching by as many hours but not causing malformations or fatalities. the impact is much less devastating than having a close but incorrect temperature throughout. always worth a try!
 

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