Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

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hello i had a broody hen last year a she was a big maran i put 12 eggs under her and she sat on them perfectly but the eggs were a bit dirty or kina alot dirty but i tougth that was al rigth now i relised that they proble woulnt be aable tp break themselves out is it ok to have dirty eggs of should i have cleaned them i no not to clean them with water if your going hatching. but it was day 21 anyway and there was one after hatching but i think it died on the way out then it was day 22 still nothing then 23 still nothing then 24 stilll nothening i was going to take her off the nest it was day 25 and i picked her up there was a buetifle healthy bundle of fluff under her i trew away the other eggs and then a week an a half later the chick was still triving but i had a big bucket of water for mama to drink outa that was A VARY BIG MISTAKE and a small little tiny one for the chick when i went out to them i saw the chick floating in it he had died
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all for nothing but a couple of days befor that my silkie had gone broody but a guy asked me could he take her to hatch peasants the natuarrlly way becouse this type of pheasant was vary endandgere in ireland he wanted to use the silkie were he would release the babies when they grow up an they would no how to search for food and raise there young out in the wild 6 hatched but only 4 survive to be released.
 
Debs55 said:
Hey guys I have a question. I have a silkie hen who started sitting on eggs yesterday and I was gonna give her whatever eggs were laid today so that she'd have four or five. But it doesn't look like I'm gonna get any today because we've been having really stormy weather. But I do have eggs inside from 2 and 3 days ago. They haven't be turned small end down like they should have been but they haven't been cold or shaken up. Would it be worth a try to put them under her?
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The last clutch my silkie hatched came from five of her eggs I had sitting in the kitchen in egg cartons in 68F room. Worth a try :)
 
Candled my eggs today.
Mary (tetra tint) and I are on day 9.
Not sure what I am suppose to see.
Did see the air sac, but the eggs are dark and not really sure what I should see.
Hope some hatch
 
i had a broody hen and my blue bell just started copping her for some reason she sat in the nest next to her for 2 whole days she had layed her egg she layed her egg the next day also and she wasnt poofed up or growling at me lol
 

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