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Egg Puppies

Egg Puppies

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May 10, 2013
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I have a small backyard flock of bearded Silkies. I hatched them in September from shipped eggs and they are just wonderful fun little pets.They came of age and the hens began laying in February. I have collected eggs nearly daily since. On April 30th, one of the hens went all broody and saved up a little clutch of 5 eggs. This was fine and kind of exciting as I am on several acres so a few more chickens would be welcome. Today, just 11 days into her setting, she abandoned the clutch. I suspect she did it in the middle of the night as I heard her making that "disturbed" clucky sound, but when I looked outside, all the other birds were asleep so I went back to bed figuring she was up to eat or poop. When I got up this am, she was still off the nest and the 5 eggs were cold. My question: Are the eggs salvageable if I put them in the incubator or have they been cold for too long ( maybe 4 hours?)
Thanks in advance....
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I'd definitely put them in an incubator, if you're sure her broodiness is over. Four hours isn't too long for them to survive. It sounds like she was disturbed by a predator, perhaps outside the coop. They shouldn't be up eating or pooping in the middle of the night.
 
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Do you have a rooster in your flock? If not the eggs can't be fertile - that could be one reason your broody left the nest.
 
Yep.....got three Roos....nicest male birds ever. They're so gentle they cuddle with my dogs. Love my boyz.....:)
 

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