AYoung90
Chirping
I need advice please!
I have another broody hen who has been dutifully sitting in her eggs for about 20 days now. Around day 3 or 4, she got back in the wrong nesting box & was sitting on the wrong set of eggs. I put her back on her eggs as soon as I noticed, but I'm guessing that will delay hatching. I candled 3/8 eggs around day 10 & all 3 were alive. BUT yesterday, my kids put a toy in her nesting box so she did not settle on her eggs & chose an empty box instead. It would have been yesterday evening-ish. I just found the eggs this morning & they were cool to the touch, she'd definitely been off them overnight tomorrow would be day 21. Will they still hatch???
I have another broody hen who has been dutifully sitting in her eggs for about 20 days now. Around day 3 or 4, she got back in the wrong nesting box & was sitting on the wrong set of eggs. I put her back on her eggs as soon as I noticed, but I'm guessing that will delay hatching. I candled 3/8 eggs around day 10 & all 3 were alive. BUT yesterday, my kids put a toy in her nesting box so she did not settle on her eggs & chose an empty box instead. It would have been yesterday evening-ish. I just found the eggs this morning & they were cool to the touch, she'd definitely been off them overnight tomorrow would be day 21. Will they still hatch???