Rachel'sFlock :
For the first time in 12 days, my broody was off the nest, scratching furiously on the ground outside, and "clook clooking". I saw her before I saw the nest was unattended, and raced inside. The eggs were still very warm to the touch, and she returned to them within 10 minutes.
I am so happy she had a little constitutional, had a bite to eat and a majorly horrid poo.
She still has 11 eggs, and whether she booted the 1, and then 2 more later that week, because they were bad or she just had more than she needed, I may never know, but the 11 she has are fine.
This is the day my calendar says "Candle if you are going to".
I am still completely undecided as to if I should or not. Should I trust her to remove them if they aren't viable, or should I risk disturbing her tonight and candle them???
At the moment, I a leaning towards leaving her and her eggs be, without interference.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Bright Blessings!
Well if you candle you can get rid of any that aren't viable.
The hen will be more comfortable if she doesn't have to be quite such a pancake.
And if any bad ones were to explode, you wouldn't have goo all over the precious good eggs
Good luck