Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[luvmychicken]

Day 5. All is good. She still isn't leaving the nest.

 

[luvmychicken]

Day 5. All is good. She still isn't leaving the nest.

 

[luvmychicken]

She poked a hole in one of the eggs. Should I take it out

 

[Johnn]

Did she break the skin under the shell? if she didnt i wouldnt take it out because my friend has had one hatch that had a hole in the shell but not the skin part.

 

[luvmychicken]

Did she break the skin under the shell? if she didnt i wouldnt take it out because my friend has had one hatch that had a hole in the shell but not the skin part.

No the skin is not broke

 

[Johnn]

No the skin is not broke

I think you should leave it then, but someone more experienced might think differentley...

 

[delisha]

The Leghorn still has all of her chicks..8 of them When i moved her..she has two peeping eggs under her too. I thought 8 was enough so I took those two peeping eggs and two other eggs and gave them to a broody Orpington that I have been trying to break. She is the one who squished the chicks. They got out of the eggs and were flat as pancakes under her. I took out the other two eggs and stuck them in the incubator with all the rest of my eggs..one just hatched out now. i might just give it back to the original hen. it is all alone. I check the other egg and it is a dud. my other eggs are not due to hatch till Friday.

 

[Johnn]

The Leghorn still has all of her chicks..8 of them When i moved her..she has two peeping eggs under her too. I thought 8 was enough so I took those two peeping eggs and two other eggs and gave them to a broody Orpington that I have been trying to break. She is the one who squished the chicks. They got out of the eggs and were flat as pancakes under her. I took out the other two eggs and stuck them in the incubator with all the rest of my eggs..one just hatched out now. i might just give it back to the original hen. it is all alone. I check the other egg and it is a dud. my other eggs are not due to hatch till Friday.

So does your Orpington have the peeping eggs or not??

 

[delisha]

Quote: No..she squished them after they hatched..

 

[delisha]

This is the hen who has the 8 chicks

These 4 black chicks belong to the pullet below

This is the hen who squished the two peeping eggs.