HELP!!!! FIRST EGG EVER !!!!

[ttrjpbcz]

We have no idea who laid it, the boys and girls are all together now because they were on the brink of being old enough, but wow, it happened...........

What do I do? Kepp chicks away? move it? I have no clue!!!!
It's a silkie egg btw, cutest thing I ever saw!!! It's tiny and a little wet, I hope that doesn't mean it's cracked. We saw her RIGHT after she laid it.....

Thank you for any help!!!

 

[ttrjpbcz]

now no one is sitting on it!!

 

[whitecra]

They will lay several eggs before they decide to set and then they might not set. Take it in the house and keep garthing until one decides to set.
Chris

 

[cluckychick]

Eat It!!

 

[ttrjpbcz]

what does garthing mean?

 

[ttrjpbcz]

I shouldn't encourage her to sit on it?

 

[needmorechickens!]

they mean "gathering"....keep gathering them until you have several....if you leave it in there they may start pecking at it or squish it and eat it...that could start a nasty habit of egg-eating...
~Rebecca

 

[coffeemama]

Quote:
Well you can, but consider the winter weather and chicks, if you live somewhere cold.

 

[ttrjpbcz]

how will they learn to sit on them if I take them out?

 

[ttrjpbcz]

This egg is most likely fertile, it won't hatch?