Help! Egg is crumbling away and chick isn't ready!

[SpinningJenny]

Oh my gosh it's happening again guys! What the crud is going on!? At least I'm prepared this time...

Oh my goodness! This is so stressful! Good luck chickie! @farlo4 sending you more good vibes!

 

[farlo4]

It's peeping away so obviously healthy! This one had its beak out already, so maybe it pipped before it's shell started crumbling?

 

[RubyNala97]

Oh my gosh it's happening again guys! What the crud is going on!? At least I'm prepared this time...

Oh my! What the heck!?! That one looks almost ready. I don't see any blood. Are you going to put it back under mama or take it inside? You gotta figure out what is happening with these eggs!

Wow! best of luck!!! Fingers crossed...here we go!

And yes that question hasn't been answered as to why it happened in the first place...calcium? oyster shell? Better minds than mine will undoubtedly prevail...

X2. That's what I'm wondering. Something is causing weak shells.

 

[junebuggena]

It's possible that the hen is pecking the shell away, or that she is knocking bits of shell off with her feet as she moves the eggs around underneath her.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

@farlo4 is this the first time your hen has been broody?

Did you remove the cap off this second chick?

 

[farlo4]

@farlo4 is this the first time your hen has been broody?

Did you remove the cap off this second chick?

Yes this is. She decided that she wanted to sit on three eggs so I let her. I was expecting her to do the work, not me! It's odd that the eggs are crumbling so close to hatch timg though, and not before.
And no I haven't done anything for this chick other then put vaseline on it.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I would say then that the hen has been pecking at the shell, how she has got such a neat line round I don't know

 

[junebuggena]

I really think your hen is curious about the activity underneath her, and is accidentally causing damage to the shells. She's never done this before, and has no idea what is happening. It's natural for her to check things out, but she is doing harm without meaning too.

 

[farlo4]

Oh my! What the heck!?! That one looks almost ready. I don't see any blood. Are you going to put it back under mama or take it inside? You gotta figure out what is happening with these eggs!
X2. That's what I'm wondering. Something is causing weak shells.

It did have some blood, so I brought it inside like the other.

 

[farlo4]

Random question - these chicks have a bantam father and a regular sized mother. They are hatching out of regular sized eggs. What size do you think they'll be?