I gave my Broody BO Sunny 3 fertile Welsummer eggs I bought on eggbid on May 14th around 6pm, so today is day 21. She has since broken two of the eggs, I have candled the last egg & I'm pretty sure there is a chick in it. Currently Sunny is in my small coop in the same nest she started in 21 days ago. As of a few minutes ago there were no pips, no cheeps & no change in the egg or broody. I'm off from work today but will be working tomorrow. I have located someone in my area that will sell me a day old chick today because I'm afraid having just one baby will be hard. However I'm also nervous about going through the trouble of buying a chick & then possibly not getting a live chick from Sunny's egg. Then I'll have just one chick again. I can't buy multiple chicks because DH has already reminded me we are at our space limits in the coop. So question number one Would you buy another & chick & when/how would you introduce it to the broody? When would you move the broody & chick(s) to the nursery? Thank you so much!
I really don't know what to tell you. She is still sitting on the egg right? I think I would wait until it hatches and then buy the chick but that's me. I hope someone more experienced with broodies can help you. jackie