Managing/Encouraging broody hens with a "Broody Box" ***Hatching Pics!

[Winsor Woods]

Thanks Fluffy-Puffy! I sure will. I'll post some pics when I have something to take a pic of.

Dan

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Wil be waiting for those pix!

 

[Winsor Woods]

Just checked on her again and now there's three eggs that have pipped!

Dan

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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YEAH!

 

[Winsor Woods]

Four pipped eggs now! The first ones to pip now have pieces of shell that have fallen off, exposing the membrane inside the egg.

Dan

 

[Winsor Woods]

OMG! I heard definite peeping coming from the eggs and when I looked closer, I saw the membrane at the pip site pulsing with each peep! I can hardly contain myself! C'mon 'lil guy! You can do it!

Dan

 

[Winsor Woods]

Well it's about time to wrap things up for today. The tally is 10 eggs total of which 5 have pipped. Several are peeping pretty regularly and mamma is clucking in response to the peeping. I probably won't check again tonight but I'll be up early in the morning to see what happened overnight. I'm assuming that chicks in the eggs aren't on any kind of schedule associated with daytime/nighttime yet. Is that correct? Meaning the chicks won't intentionally wait until a certain time of day to unzip and plop out, right? I'm hoping to find some chicks under Dottie in the morning but if that doesn't happen, I'll certainly expect them to hatch tomorrow. How long is average for the time from pipping to hatching? I've read anywhere from 15 minutes to 48 hours. I don't think I could wait 48 hours! LOL.

Dan

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Come on lil' chickie!

 

[Winsor Woods]

Dottie is now a Mommy! Three eggs hatched overnight and there is considerable progress on the other ones. I didn't want to disturb everyone too much so I only a pic of one of the peeps for right now.

Here's some pics to catch you all up.

Here's Dottie on Day 20. Notice how pale her comb and wattles have gotten:

A pipped Egg:

Another pipped Egg:

Dottie with peep:

Closeup of the chick. How cute is that!?!?!

I'll be checking frequently throughout the day. I'm hoping to get a picture of a freshly hatched chick still wet.

Dan

 

[Winsor Woods]

Dottie has now hatched out 8 of the 10 eggs. It's pandamonium under her breast right now. LOL!

Dan