Do you smash em or offer whole?
I usually smash them
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Do you smash em or offer whole?
Candle the eggs before you toss them. Most likely those with cracks are done for. When you candle look for internal pipping and listen for cheeping.
Thank you Kassaundra!
They loved it and I got to see all 5 of the broodies Chicks.
If you hear loud peeping then they are aliveLittle mama did a good job! She went back to her nest quickly after things quieted down from the move. She must not have been setting as long as I thought while she was gone. It was 2 weeks ago when I moved her. I really did have to move her so DH could get back to chopping firewood and so my 3 cats wouldn't find her.
So we have one little coal black chick this afternoon. Born on the coldest day we've had so far this winter. She had 4 viable eggs out of originally 14 in the clutch and so far only one has hatched. She's been teaching the little one how to eat and drink, but has kept sitting on the other 3 eggs most of the time too. I saw 2 had cracks in them when she got up, but no hole from pipping. How much longer do you think I should wait to see if they'll hatch?
This is my first ever broody hatch. What a rush of pure delight hit me when I saw this first baby had arrived.
(The scratch seeds in her dish have been replaced with chick starter. She jumped up and gave me a nice photo op when I came to change her feed and water.)
Sorry That is dissapointingOk, she seemed to be ignoring them now, so I went ahead and took them from her and candled them. They've been dead for quite some time, nothing but a gooey mess inside. Yuck!
So, an update on my abandoned hatch at day 20. I kept the eggs under a heating pad for another day because I couldn't bear to throw them out if there was any chance of life. I had to fly out of town yesterday and one of the eggs was peeping at me. I left my hubby in charge of my shoebox/heating pad incubator. And to my absolute surprise - we had a baby hatch today..... here is a 10 second video my hubby sent me to hold me over until I get home at the end of the week.I hope it makes itI set up a brooder just before I left - just in case anything hatched. We'll see how things go once it's got it's legs under it.
So, an update on my abandoned hatch at day 20. I kept the eggs under a heating pad for another day because I couldn't bear to throw them out if there was any chance of life. I had to fly out of town yesterday and one of the eggs was peeping at me. I left my hubby in charge of my shoebox/heating pad incubator. And to my absolute surprise - we had a baby hatch today..... here is a 10 second video my hubby sent me to hold me over until I get home at the end of the week.I hope it makes itI set up a brooder just before I left - just in case anything hatched. We'll see how things go once it's got it's legs under it.
So, an update on my abandoned hatch at day 20. I kept the eggs under a heating pad for another day because I couldn't bear to throw them out if there was any chance of life. I had to fly out of town yesterday and one of the eggs was peeping at me. I left my hubby in charge of my shoebox/heating pad incubator. And to my absolute surprise - we had a baby hatch today..... here is a 10 second video my hubby sent me to hold me over until I get home at the end of the week.I hope it makes itI set up a brooder just before I left - just in case anything hatched. We'll see how things go once it's got it's legs under it.