newbie question

[chookladynz]

Hi I have a question about unhatched eggs, I placed 5 eggs under my broody chook 24 days ago for the first time, to the delight and surprise of my family we found 3 little chooks on day 19, (the eggs came from a friend with a farm, who collected me a selection) there are two eggs left now 24 days, mum is still sitting on them while also caring for chicks, I am reluctant to remove them just in case they are still alive.
do you think there is there a risk in leaving them a bit longer? it is a very hot New Zealand Summer and I am a little concerned if they are not alive that they will soon be rotten.
Any advice would be much appreciated

thank you

 

[KittyKat3756]

Have you thought about candling them to check? At that age, you should be able to see heartbeats and more than likely movement if there is anything going on there.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi @chookladynz

Glad you could join the flock! X2 candling the eggs would now be your best option to see what is going on in them. It's a big difference day 19 to day 24. If there is nothing happening with the eggs I would remove them from the nest so that mum can get on with caring for the hatched chicks that she has.

Wishing you the very best of luck