3 weeks ago today I let my broody EE keep a clutch of 2 days eggs from my flock.
Started with 9 eggs, lost 3 early on.
(1 missing, 1 cracked and 1 I removed by mistake. The rest of the girls keep trying to lay in her box.)
She is brooding in the main coop, in a separate box. My goal is to try raise them with the flock.
I do have another coop the babies can go into if necessary.
Weds. one was hatching and died
It was 102 that day and that might have played into the death.
But the next morning there was one little, cute yellow fluff ball under mama.
This morning two eggs are cheeping and mama and baby are fine.
The watching and waiting is ......... well ......... watching and waiting .......... and waiting.
Started with 9 eggs, lost 3 early on.
(1 missing, 1 cracked and 1 I removed by mistake. The rest of the girls keep trying to lay in her box.)
She is brooding in the main coop, in a separate box. My goal is to try raise them with the flock.
I do have another coop the babies can go into if necessary.
Weds. one was hatching and died
It was 102 that day and that might have played into the death.
But the next morning there was one little, cute yellow fluff ball under mama.
This morning two eggs are cheeping and mama and baby are fine.
The watching and waiting is ......... well ......... watching and waiting .......... and waiting.
How egg-citing! I have two hens on small clutches; one due for hatching three eggs tomorrow and the other is a silly hen who has never met a rooster! I slipped three probably fertile eggs under her and am hopeful! they have been very diligent setters. I would be delighted with one or two chicks especially for the hen 'due' tomorrow as her last clutch never hatched and she seemed depressed
after I had to take the eggs away from her. (aren't we a mess trying to ascribe human characteristics to these marvelous-just-as-they-are creatures?) and such pretty avatar eggs you have!
So excited I couldn't sit still. Watching every moment with much anticapation. I have a batch of buff laced polish hatched this week. The first 2 chicks very healthy (lots of singing), the third one smaller in size and still woobly (day 2 or 3), and the last one hatch day, but I noticed the chick behind seem to be a little larger than the other chicks and afterbirth bleeding) Is this normal?
