I’m not sure what to do

[Mandyt]

so I collected eggs from my coup today and after a couple hours was getting ready to clean them when I heard chirping. I found the egg making the sound but I don’t know what I am supposed to do. Should I put it back in the coup for her to sit on again? I have it on a heating pad right now.

 

[Chirehe]

Candle it with a bright flashlight and if you see movement/darkness it’s alive. Was a broody hen sitting on it? I’d check the rest too if it’s peeping it should be around day 21

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm assuming you don't have an incubator.
Do you know which hen was broody?
Can you candle the other eggs to see if they are developing?
What is your climate/ambient temperature?
You can try warming the eggs the best you can (in the neighborhood of 100F but not over 104) and then return them to the nest to see if she returns.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

so I collected eggs from my coup today and after a couple hours was getting ready to clean them when I heard chirping. I found the egg making the sound but I don’t know what I am supposed to do. Should I put it back in the coup for her to sit on again? I have it on a heating pad right now.

Depends on if you think she will take care of it and if you have the room? Do you have a lot of other chickens around that might attack it once it hatches?

 

[Mandyt]

so I collected eggs from my coup today and after a couple hours was getting ready to clean them when I heard chirping. I found the egg making the sound but I don’t know what I am supposed to do. Should I put it back in the coup for her to sit on again? I have it on a heating pad right now.

 

[Mandyt]

No i don’t have an incubator. Normally I collect my eggs every day, but we have had bad weather and I was not able to get to the coup for about a week, so I don’t know what is going on with this one... all my hens like to lay on the eggs... so I am not sure which one. I tried putting a flashlight up to it, but I could see through the shell. It is rocking the egg and making noise. A friend of mine said to put it back in the coup. So I am thinking of trying that.

I'm assuming you don't have an incubator.
Do you know which hen was broody?
Can you candle the other eggs to see if they are developing?
What is your climate/ambient temperature?
You can try warming the eggs the best you can (in the neighborhood of 100F but not over 104) and then return them to the nest to see if she returns.

don’t have an incubator

 

[Brahmachicken240]

I’d just put it back where it was if I were you.

 

[Mandyt]

I’d just put it back where it was if I were you.

I did, and then hens all came in to the coup

 

[Shadow Source]

I Agree with Brahma Chicken!!

 

[Gray Farms]

If your hearing chirping its been sat on for a lot longer than a week.