Help! My Broody Hen is Dying!

[truechick]

She was dead this morning.

Does anyone have a sugestion on what to do about the eggs?

 

[Peeper7]

So sorry for your loss .....

I think your eggs would have to be incubated somehow to have a chance. Do you know anyone else with an incubator?

 

[truechick]

No I don't know anyone with an incubator. I was hoping that I could make one?

 

[baldie]

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DO a search for homeade incubators on here. We are in the process of building one now. They are cheap to make and pretty easy. GOod luck, I am sorry for your loss.

 

[jessupfamily]

I have seen where people actually hatch eggs in a box with grass/straw, a heat lamp or high watt light bulb and wet washcloths. (This is common in some parts of NZ.) What day are the eggs?

 

[Jennie5193]

A quick trip to wal-mart will give you materials for about $20 to make this one:

http://www.cyberquail.com/incubators.html


It'll only take you a few minutes to make (especially if you don't put the window in it!) if you do something to keep the eggs warm while you're gone, like put them in a small cooler with a container or on a heating pad...

I'd give it a try!

Good Luck!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

I'm sorry you lost your hen.

 

[vfem]

I am so sorry

 

[pascopol]

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Sorry for your poor broody.

Hatching eggs is very demanding and drains energy, calories and vitality from a hen.

If she had a crossed beak, she may not be able to eat enough during the hatch to replenish her body.

Just a thought.

 

[Chickenaddict]

I am sorry for your loss

Perhaps you could put them in your bra to keep them warm while you make a bator. I know it sound completely insane but a fellow member sucessfully hatched chicks using this method of incubation