Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Scrambles55]

2 full days to go... please oh please keep going! Gossamer is determined to sit, very very peckish, even during hand feeding and bringing water close to her, she was stretching her neck all the way to peck at me... I think that's a good sign! peep is being as patient as possible waiting for sisters and brothers to arrive... peeping very loudly for those moments when "she" ventures out from under Mama for a bite to eat, a drink and "she" makes the cutest little poops!

10 Eggs today

Oh I hope that Gossamer sits it out. She must know something. Ya know.... how they know when an egg has died and kicks it out of the nest?? Well..... she knows that these are good eggs.

 

[cheeka]

we're down to one full day left for Gossamer's eggs - she's gotta know because she ain't budgin'! I brought grass and dirt in for baby to play with and eat... today she needed a new clump.

the rest of the flock is out, all sunning themselves - it's like a perfect summer day up here...

 

[ronott1]

we're down to one full day left for Gossamer's eggs - she's gotta know because she ain't budgin'! I brought grass and dirt in for baby to play with and eat... today she needed a new clump.

the rest of the flock is out, all sunning themselves - it's like a perfect summer day up here...

Go Broody Mom!

 

[mortie]

Does one of these eggs look fertile to you?

 

[ronott1]

Does one of these eggs look fertile to you?

The one on the left for sure. The one on the right is iffy. I do not see the doughnut in that one as much as the first one.

If both are from the same breeding pen then I say it is time

 

[mortie]

I thought the one on the left looked fertile, too. The trouble is they are both eggs from my girls who have never seen a rooster in their lives. I live in the middle of a city of 150k people where roosters are not allowed and am not even sure anyone within a quarter mile radius of my house even has chickens. A mystery for sure!

 

[ronott1]

I thought the one on the left looked fertile, too. The trouble is they are both eggs from my girls who have never seen a rooster in their lives. I live in the middle of a city of 150k people where roosters are not allowed and am not even sure anyone within a quarter mile radius of my house even has chickens. A mystery for sure!

You have a very stealthy Rooster?

Or do you have a secret one at your place?

I bet the eggs will have normal embryos tomorrow.

 

[Scrambles55]

@mortie ... I agree with ronott1. The one on the left looks fertile, but I know that you only have pullets.... or do you? Didn't you suspect that one was a roo??

 

[Scrambles55]

Jemmas perfect little 37 gram egg. So cute next to Nuggets 63 gram egg. I am very happy that I hatched eggs this Easter. Otherwise, I would have very few to no eggs at all.

 

[mortie]

No, I never suspected any of the 6 I have are roos. I complained about one of them taking a long time to lay which prompted others to wonder if she was a roo but I never thought she was and photos proved her to be a pullet, and she did end up laying. All 6 are definitely pullets and I've been sure about that since probably may. They all lay eggs and none of them crow.

Roosters are illegal for miles around my house and I've never seen or heard one anywhere near here. It's just weird! It was for sure a chicken egg too and not some rogue turkey egg. It has to be an infertile egg that just resembles a fertile one because there is just no way a roo got to the girls. Either that or it's immaculate poultry conception and I just ate the chosen one of the chicken world...