I have a broody silkie that has been sitting on a pile of eggs for what I *believe* has been at least 25 days. Yesterday I told myself it had been too long and they must not have made it and planned to take the eggs out of the nest to see what happened with them... but heard chirping from the first egg I picked up! This morning I spotted an external pip on that egg! Very exciting!
So far its just the one out of 6 that I have seen or heard any action from. How long should I give the rest to see if they make any progress or are goners? I only managed to candle once during the process but most of them are dark shelled and it was already pretty far along by then so I didn't get a good view.
So far its just the one out of 6 that I have seen or heard any action from. How long should I give the rest to see if they make any progress or are goners? I only managed to candle once during the process but most of them are dark shelled and it was already pretty far along by then so I didn't get a good view.
I often say the broody hen knows more about what's going on than I do. Somehow I feel that is true in your case too.
We weren't originally going to let her hatch but she was determined! I took a video of her shouting at me 4/11 after I stopped removing her from the nest so I've been counting from there.
