Should I take the eggs away?

[branston]

Big Mama, my Silkie has been sat on 7 eggs in the coop since Nov 21st. One chick hatched successfully, but she is still sat on the other 6. I have candled the eggs and see a black mass in 5 of them but no movement. Big Mama won't leave the eggs for longer than 10 minutes. Should I take the eggs away or does she know best? It seems like such a long time in between the one chick hatching??

 

[Lollipop]

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Carefully remove the eggs and dispose of them outside. At this point the eggs will be rotten and subject to explode. You don`t want that mess on you or anywhere around......Pop

 

[BairleaFarm]

Yes they need to be taken out.

 

[branston]

Thanks so much! I took the eggs away and very relunctantly cracked the first one......just a stinking liquid! Same with the other 5. Strange to get just one fertile egg in a batch of 7