How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Tookie]

6 today. 4 duck and 2 chicken.
Seems like production is going down since we're about over with spring.

 

[Marle94]

Two more prizes from the Banty hens!

 

[Tookie]

Collected 9 today! 4 duck and 5 chicken.
Yet again, my 10yo hen laid again!

 

[Winderdear]

Collected 9 today! 4 duck and 5 chicken.
Yet again, my 10yo hen laid again!

What a girl! Am I right in remembering that you are collecting her eggs to hatch? If so, how is that going?

 

[Winderdear]

2 eggs today, from Helmi and Marzo

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I think we got 11 today. Hard for me to keep track now, since I am not the one collecting.

 

[Tookie]

What a girl! Am I right in remembering that you are collecting her eggs to hatch? If so, how is that going?

You are correct! At first I put 20 eggs under a broody duck I had, and I think 10 of them were hers. 3 others were from an older hen, and 7 from younger ones. Long story short the duck broke 8/12 eggs from my two older hens. And all the younger hens eggs quit or were infertile.
I went out one morning to get an incubator for the remaining 5 eggs since I didn’t want them breaking. Though, there was one of her eggs that was developing, another quit, and another was infertile. The two from another hen weren’t good as they were too old of eggs.
The day after I got the incubator I left on a trip for 10 days. Came back and the developing egg had quite and of course the others weren’t good either but I just wanted to be sure. So all that didn’t go well.
And unfortunately while I was gone and some time after she didn’t lay, so I thought she was done since she usually stops in May.

BUT.

After supplementing calcium and giving high protein foods, she’s now laid 5! Currently I have 3 in the incubator, tomorrow is day 5 and I will candle and see how they look.
After I put those 3 in the incubator she has laid 2 more, and so if none in the incubator are good I’ll throw those in.
Really hoping I get some chicks.

 

[Tookie]

You are correct! At first I put 20 eggs under a broody duck I had, and I think 10 of them were hers. 3 others were from an older hen, and 7 from younger ones. Long story short the duck broke 8/12 eggs from my two older hens. And all the younger hens eggs quit or were infertile.
I went out one morning to get an incubator for the remaining 5 eggs since I didn’t want them breaking. Though, there was one of her eggs that was developing, another quit, and another was infertile. The two from another hen weren’t good as they were too old of eggs.
The day after I got the incubator I left on a trip for 10 days. Came back and the developing egg had quite and of course the others weren’t good either but I just wanted to be sure. So all that didn’t go well.
And unfortunately while I was gone and some time after she didn’t lay, so I thought she was done since she usually stops in May.

BUT.

After supplementing calcium and giving high protein foods, she’s now laid 5! Currently I have 3 in the incubator, tomorrow is day 5 and I will candle and see how they look.
After I put those 3 in the incubator she has laid 2 more, and so if none in the incubator are good I’ll throw those in.
Really hoping I get some chicks.

Eggs from my 10yo, from the first attempted hatch. The first egg pictured quit and the other two are from the one that was developing.
I’m just so glad they at least developed, since obviously it was possible she was too old. I’m glad she’s still fertile.

 

[Tookie]

This is her, the 10yo. She sure doesn’t look old.
Her name is Hawk!

 

[Tookie]

This is her, the 10yo. She sure doesn’t look old.
Her name is Hawk!
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