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Good luck on that. Always remember just because the egg is the cleanest doesn't mean its the most hatchable or fertile.
I am split on my broody as to let her sit the eggs I put under her to make sure she was going to sit or swap them out with others. Its a toss up for me. The eggs I gave her were soiled heavy and I was to lazy at the time to clean them for any reason, probably would of went back to birds as feed anyway. There is a local breeder that has SQ WLH eggs for $10 dz. and I won't have to pay shipping. That way I have a 2nd strain of WLH to use for breeding purposes. I have some pures yet that I might just swap out for her current eggs.
I love this pic BO are one of my favorite!
What a great hatch!
yes we got 24 but lost one!What a great hatch!
Thank you, I need all the luck I can get!
I came home from my 14 hour shift last night to find one egg bumped out of the nest again.....
She is a pretty big Buff and I only set the 10 eggs under her, so it's hard to think this isn't her rejecting a "bad" egg.
I did number the eggs in pencil right before I set them under her, but forgot to check the number the first time I found one out of the nest. Last night I remembered to check the number before I stuffed it back under her.... Number 4!My favorite/usually lucky number. The egg was cold to the touch, but I will hold out hope for the next week until I can candle them all on day 10.
You bring up a good point about remembering that the egg might not be fertile....I kept the two eggs that I chose not to set under her. I'm thinking about cracking them open to see if I can spot the fertile bullseye, but will have to look up pics of this first. I can't be entirely sure that any of these eggs are fertile as I am going on a complete strangers word!
$10 a dozen for show quality Leghorns? That seems like a great deal! I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I paid that much for my "barnyard mix" eggs
I wish I had found a better option, especially for a specific breed I actually wanted. I guess I did the best I could given the circumstances.
What breed(s) will your broody hatch out if you leave the current eggs under her?
On a somewhat separate note, my broody seems to be the type that only rarely gets off the nest for a break. I saw her go out to the yard to make a huge fuss while dust bathing on Mother's Day, but that was only once in 8 days! It was a pretty hilarious spectacle as she kept squawking and freaking out at the other hens for no reason. Even my meanie Barred Rock left her alone! Should I lift her off the nest and force her to take a break if she hasn't gotten up by tomorrow?
I have a water dish within "beaks reach" that I know she has drank from since Monday and have been bringing her bits of hard boiled egg white and feed soaked in whey for protein. I'm more worried about the infamous broody poop becoming a problem all over the clutch.
Thoughts?
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I have two broody hens, and I am wondering if it would be okay to let them brood in the same coop until lock down. The coop is a brooder that is about 8 ft. long and 4 ft. wide. The one is in a milk crate the other is in card board box. I will move one right before hatch and let the other one stay. Is this OK, or should they be separated completely.