How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Wickedchicken6]

Okay guys, I've got a question...

Yesterday I got seven eggs from my girls.

There's a coop I haven't used in...three weeks? Four? Five? Idk...
But, I left the door open and the free Rangers had access to said coop. Yesterday, I was cleaning all the pens, and happened to look at the coop from just the right angle. In the laying box, hanging on the side, were 15 eggs!
The free ranging hens are 4 bantam Cochin and 6 Ameraucana who I didn't know were laying yet. But two of these eggs were green, 2 were blue, and three were pinkish. So i think the Aneraucanas actually are laying.
I have no idea how old these eggs are, but some could easily have been layed yesterday.
I hope the eggs from the bantam Cochins are pure. Since I didn't think the Ameraucana hens were laying, they have been exposed to Ameraucana, Silkie, Polish, Cochin, and Serama roosters. Chances are the eggs are fertile, and I'm very interested to try and hatch them. They're not old enough to be losing weight, since they all weigh about what an egg should.
So my question is, should I pull out my spare incubator and try to incubate these guys? Is the risk of explosion too high?
Thanks!

To respond to your earlier question, if it were me, I would set the eggs. I set eggs that are 2 weeks to a month+ old on a continual basis and I leave my greens, blues and olives in because I can't make a conclusive diagnosis past 7-10 days...and I have yet to have an explosion.
Worst case scenario is you set them and can tell at 7 days if they're not viable and can take them out. Best case scenario is you set them and can see chicks developing.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Oh...oops...forgot the eggs.

Egg numbers:

Yesterday - 6 eggs
March 20 - 9 eggs

 

[gander007]

Sunday


9 eggs




4 eggs from the control group chickens

5 eggs from the free range chickens

Temp 85F degrees and no winds and clear sky's

Todays hatch

Recovering from the days hard work

gander007

 

[pennyJo1960]

Pullets emerging congratulations

 

[chickendreams24]

@MeeMa Brown

So sorry for you and your family, prayers and hugs are being sent your way as we speak.

 

[sawilliams]

TJordan, sorry to hear about the coop at least the hens are ok.

Meema, condolences for you and your family.

 

[sawilliams]

I think my girls are mad at me. We moved the 6 chicks to the coop last week. I thought everyone was adjusting well, but someone laid her egg in the ground today. It's not a box issue I have 4 nesting boxes, and it couldn't have fallen as that's at least a 3 ft drop to hard ground and the egg was whole. The chicks and hens usually keep their space but don't typically seem to have issues passing each other. So I'm not sure why one would have laid on the ground other then maybe waiting to long becuase the chicks have been hanging out in the coop today due to the weather

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well I already have 5/5 this morning the feathers in the nesting box are very few short ones, guess at them nearing a
year old I am kinda expecting them to molt soon with that said I hope till my pullets are old enough to lay by
then as I have 14 barred 3 easter eggers all to young yet

 

[pennyJo1960]

neglected to add good morning to
Umarson and Tjordan

 

[TJordan]

neglected to add good morning to
Umarson and Tjordan

Good afternoon penny1960