I found a hidden nest of 12 eggs. Two hens were the culprits. I put 10 eggs in a bucket and marked the other two, leaving them in the 'hidden' nest. That was yesterday morning. So the ten eggs have been sitting on my counter since yesterday morning, right? Well, I cracked 4 eggs into the dog's food, and some of them cracked in a way I thought was odd. Not enough calcium, I thought. The fifth's yolk broke apart like liquid immediately and had some blood in it. I ignored that and cracked the sixth. Into the dog food rolled a little itty bitty ball with a huge eye, and a 1/4 inch away from it was a beating heart. If it wasn't beating, I wouldn't have noticed it. I looked closer at the area where the fifth egg yolk was, and yes, there was a little itt-bitty guy with a beating heart, too. Well, I obviously felt REAL bad and stopped cracking eggs.
There's still four eggs in the bucket. I don't know what to do with them!
Plus there's the two in the nest.
These hens have not been sitting on the eggs. I don't have any broody's right now.
Question: If it stays this hot, will they hatch on their own without a mother hen? It gets to 115 in the daytime, and 90 at night. Why are they still alive in this heat???????
What to do? What to do????
Dog food? Or counter-top experiment?
There's still four eggs in the bucket. I don't know what to do with them!
Plus there's the two in the nest.
These hens have not been sitting on the eggs. I don't have any broody's right now.
Question: If it stays this hot, will they hatch on their own without a mother hen? It gets to 115 in the daytime, and 90 at night. Why are they still alive in this heat???????
What to do? What to do????
Dog food? Or counter-top experiment?
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