HELP!!!!!!

[pottersway]

Our house sitter collected silkie eggs this morning, put them in the fridge. The eggs were there for about 4 hours. I removed them, let them get to room temp, and put them back in the nest boxes.
Have I lost these eggs for hatching out?? My hens are just about to go broody.
Any info is greatly appreciated!!

Silkie Mom

 

[gabrielle1976]

They will probly be ok.

 

[crtrlovr]

I've heard of people successfully hatching eggs that had been refrigerated. I hope you'll be among them!

ETA: BTW, how do you know they're about to go broody? Mine didn't really give any signs; they just decided to sit and not get up. Do they give telltale clues???

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

MAYBE, MAYBE NOT!!!!!!!

 

[bock]

They will be okay!!!

P.s there will be more eggs in the future to, don't forget!!!

 

[needtohatch]

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I am wondering also how you know they will go broody. I would love to know if there is something I need to watch for.

 

[ingv8700]

Yes I am also wondering how do we know when a hen goes broody?? because I would like the eggs to be hatched out in the coop with a hen because then they do most of the work and we just keep an eye on them. I dont mind incubating them but i would I like to try it out with a hen

 

[FarmerDenise]

I put about 6 fake eggs in a nest. If a hen sits on it consistently for a few days, she is broody. You can put fertile eggs under her or you can put day old chicks under her in about 10-14 days. I introduce the chicks in the evening, when I go that route.

 

[needtohatch]

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Yes, but can you tell any will go broody before they start to sit consistently?

 

[Teresaann24]

There is really no signs till they decide to go. Although I noticed somthing different about 1 of my hens before she decided to go broody. Everytime she laid an egg she would sit on it for over 4 hours but always came off the nest and never went back. After I noticed her doing this she went broody 3 days later she laid an egg early that morning and by that evening she never came off the nest and has been sitting for 5 days now.