I've never had a broody before, and let her sit on 5 eggs since she seemed determined to next despite all my efforts to discourage her. The first egg hatched on day 21, and it is now day 24 and nothing else has hatched, and she is determined to stay sitting on them. I'm in Australia, and so there is no problem with cold termperatures - in fact she has resolutely sat on those eggs in days of 40-42C.
At what point should I take those eggs away from her and leave her to get on with raising one little chick?
At what point should I take those eggs away from her and leave her to get on with raising one little chick?