Thanks Miss Lydia and Bobbieschicks for your encouragement! I'm such a worrier when it comes to things like this. Unfortunately this morning when I went out to the coop to check on girls there was what looked to be an exploded egg. At least, it was partly exploded I guess. There was a dead but fully formed baby chick stuck to part of the eggshell with bits of blood splattered everywhere. The Mama was out of the nestbox and I think she must have only just recently rolled the egg out away from the nest before whatever happened, happened. I feel so bad for her. I'm guessing it was my fault for messing with her eggs the day before.
If I could only be more PATIENT!!!
I think I may have miscalculated day 1. I added 6 eggs to the broody about 4 days after she'd been sitting. She had only laid 2 eggs of her own and didn't seem to be of a mind to lay any more than that. I had calculated day 1 as being the 1st day I'd seen her sitting on the very first egg she laid. So - I've now recalculated day 1 to start the morning (4 days later) that I added the 6 eggs. Hopefully that's right now. So instead of being on day 22 day, she's actually only on day 18.
I know, I know - SIT ON MY HANDS AND WAIT!!
Not sure, but I just might have seen a pipped egg tonight. She's not at all co-operating in letting me look now. (Can't blame her). But I only wanted to look - no touching, promise.
