Question about eggs?

[rubenmarquez23]

Okay so my old english bantam layed her first egg on Wednesday and two more on Thursday and Friday. She wasn't sitting on the eggs so I took them inside the house. Right now I noticed she was acting restless so I brought her the eggs and she sat on them I know there is a 24 hour period so see if my hen will go broody, so my question is if she does go broody will the eggs I took from her hatch?

 

[vehve]

The eggs should be viable still. Not being familiar with the breed, I don't know how many eggs they like to sit, but she might still gather a few more eggs before she decides that she has enough and starts to sit them. Or then she might not go broody. They often collect a clutch, and the eggs stay viable for quite some time. When the bird finally starts to sit them, they start developing at the same time due to the increased heat.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Ruben did your eggs hatch ok

 

[rubenmarquez23]

Well she has laid more eggs since this post right now she is sitting on 13 eggs, all of them are hers. Right now it's day 17 since I noticed that she went broody.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Cool 4 more days post pics please,what state are you in? What kinda OE are they

 

[maranfarmer563]

I raise OE std game birchen and BB red ,they are the size of leghorns and free range at my house

 

[rubenmarquez23]

I live in Houston Texas, Im so excited this will be my first hatch ever! They are brown red bantam, but I am trying to get into gamefowl. I have a grey sweater cock and a green leg hatch hen.

 

[rubenmarquez23]

Idk how many have hatched but I already saw one!

 

[maranfarmer563]

Congrats on hatch,very cool