- Mar 14, 2009
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Today has been my first experience with letting a hen sit on eggs..it is also the hen's first shot at motherhood too.
So far it's been a big let down.
I had two eggs hatching this morning.
While I was giving her water another hen jumped up on a perch beside me and there was a tussle, resulting in one of the hatching eggs being smushed. Sadly the chick died.
The other hatching egg was peeping loudly and seemed to be doing well.
I just did a final check before nightfall and found the second hatching egg smushed and the chick dead as well.
The first one I can understand...but the second, now I am very worried about my hen's ability to hatch these eggs without killing them.
What should I do? And is this normal for a first time hen to has such accidents?
I do not own an incubator...otherwise I would have moved them already..
I'm really disappointed and sad over this...I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for these babies to hatch
So far it's been a big let down.
I had two eggs hatching this morning.
While I was giving her water another hen jumped up on a perch beside me and there was a tussle, resulting in one of the hatching eggs being smushed. Sadly the chick died.
The other hatching egg was peeping loudly and seemed to be doing well.
I just did a final check before nightfall and found the second hatching egg smushed and the chick dead as well.
The first one I can understand...but the second, now I am very worried about my hen's ability to hatch these eggs without killing them.
What should I do? And is this normal for a first time hen to has such accidents?
I do not own an incubator...otherwise I would have moved them already..
I'm really disappointed and sad over this...I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for these babies to hatch