So sad, my broody was 2 days past hatch day with no chicks yet, so I pulled the eggs and gave them the smell test. Every one of them stank, so I did the float test and all floated, so finally I started cracking them open inside a ziplock. Only one was viable and looked very developed but shrink wrapped. The day before hatch day my broody got confused and sat on the wrong nest. I had hoped that it wasn't long enough to cause any problems but apparently it did. Using a broody has been so stressful. I am going to buy an incubator next time and start breaking up any hen that goes broody. They're supposed to know what to do but I found myself having to baby sit her way to much. She would leave the nest for 15 min which was fine, but then she'd be on for 5 min and leave the nest again. From now on I'm going to rely on science and use incubators.
