HELP urgent egg that is making noise!

[PouleChick]

Awww cute!

I have taken all of the eggs away from a broody and put them all in the incubator.

What was she doing that led you to that decision?

 

[Tiana's chickens]

Thanks all so much for your lovely support - really appreciate it

I hope so! I'm doubting things more that is for sure. I have my young Sussex sat on 12 eggs and I've been down a a few times now after she has been up for her daily's and found some of the eggs a bit off to the side like she doesn't know to tuck them in under her when she sits back down. I'm thinking I'm going to put 6 in the incubator to spread the risks and just pop them under her on the day they are all hatching - i'm guessing (hoping) she won't notice, she is happy with my handling her / fiddling with the eggs.

I think this will work well and is a good idea sometimes they just can't sit on all the eggs easily and giving a hen a smaller clutch will have a better success rate.
when you put them under her it's less risky to do it at night when she can't see. I had a broody hen who wasn't on fertile eggs, went and bought some chicks and put them under her at night and she adopted them all!

 

[cmom]

Good luck. Sometimes the chicks make it and sometimes they don't. I have taken all of the eggs away from a broody and put them all in the incubator. I didn't give them back to her but brooded them myself. If you ever experience this again you will probably be better prepared. Homemade incubator made out of a styrofoam cooler. I put the foil on the bottom so when the chicks hatch it makes cleaning easier.View attachment 1419473
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What was she doing that led you to that decision?

Every time the broody would get up off of the nest to eat, drink and poop another female would get into the nest and lay an egg. When I first decided to let her hatch there were 6 eggs under her. When I removed the eggs there were 18 eggs under her.

 

[bobbi-j]

Every time the broody would get up off of the nest to eat, drink and poop another female would get into the nest and lay an egg. When I first decided to let her hatch there were 6 eggs under her. When I removed the eggs there were 18 eggs under her.

There is a simple solution to that problem. Mark the eggs you want the hen to sit on (I use s Sharpie and draw a circle around the egg). That way when you check daily for additions to the nest, you can see at a glance which ones to remove.

 

[cmom]

I usually do that.