Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[Farmer Viola]

Hello everyone! I'll be setting some Khaki Campbell eggs Sunday night, with an approximate due date of 2-15-14. Am I too late to join in?

never too late!

welcome aboard!

 

[luvmypets]

if she is still on, then I would leave them. mother knows best. if she abandons then I would candle them and go from there.... what day is it? 23-24?
they could have also been laid a few days apart with a broody

It's wierd she likes to feed and water her hatched babies but will try to move the eggs with her.

 

[Farmer Viola]

It's wierd she likes to feed and water her hatched babies but will try to move the eggs with her.

can you put the water and food closer to her nest? I think she knows they are getting ready to hatch, I think she would abandon if she thought they were dead. is it her first clutch?

can you sprinkle the chick feed around the nest too? she wants to show the chicks how to eat, if she can do that from the nest maybe she will stay on! you can also give cut grass or diced lettuce right in the nest to keep her there w/the chicks and eggs

what day on the eggs?

 

[luvmypets]

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can you put the water and food closer to her nest? I think she knows they are getting ready to hatch, I think she would abandon if she thought they were dead. is it her first clutch?

can you sprinkle the chick feed around the nest too? she wants to show the chicks how to eat, if she can do that from the nest maybe she will stay on! you can also give cut grass or diced lettuce right in the nest to keep her there w/the chicks and eggs

what day on the eggs?

all eggs should be on day 25 but they didn't start hatching until day 23 but I heard broodys have there own schedules so to speak. I hope they hatch.

 

[luvmypets]

Also yes this is her first clutch and she is a spectacular mom.

 

[Farmer Viola]

Also yes this is her first clutch and she is a spectacular mom.

it sure sounds like it! I trust her instincts always

 

[luvmypets]

it sure sounds like it, trust her instincts always! :cd

Her newest baby is her biological chick cross with a phoenix I wing sexed and think its a hen actually I think all are hens.

 

[JDchicks]

I feel bad, I have a chicken that has been broody for a while. We moved her into the barn since we had the cold spell. But I don't think the eggs are going to hatch at this point. We are going to candle tomorrow night.

I hate to just take them away and put her back out with the flock. This is her first time.

If they are bad, can I give her new eggs to try? Or should she need to take a break from being broody?

 

[dolfi]

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[TwinArrowsFarm]

I love seeing pictures and videos of Max!