Panic...my broody hen, hatched her first egg..now ingnores the eggs!

LilbitChicken

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Well. I have a feeling this is too late.....
My broody hen hatched her first egg 3 days ago.....but then as of yesterday....had pushed all the other (7)eggs away....and is just taking care of her one chick!!!!
WHAT do I do with the other eggs????
I assume they have all died over the last 24 hrs..........right?????
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Unfortunately it is probably is too late, I would think, but maybe not. Momma hen probably knows that they weren't going to hatch, they have a way of knowing these things. Can you candle them and see if there is any movement or if they even developed. I am sorry and congrats on your chick!
 
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Unfortunately it is probably is too late, I would think, but maybe not. Momma hen probably knows that they weren't going to hatch, they have a way of knowing these things. Can you candle them and see if there is any movement or if they even developed. I am sorry and congrats on your chick!

They were all added one at a time to her nest.....(so the ages were a day or more abpart from each other) SOOO.....candling, some appear fully formed....but no movement, and the eggs are cold)

I am sooo upset.
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...another thing...I don't have a incubator.....just the eggs.....

is there something I could have done to save them??????
 

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