When my broody hatched, we discovered that she'd been collecting eggs. She is a collector so we'd been watching for this, but she fooled me.
Two of the collected eggs looked like they were viable so I stuck them in the incubator. One hatched a week later and I gave it to the broody.
The other egg I was pretty sure was a dud, but jic I left it in the incubator when I started another batch.
And of course it's hatching this morning. I turned off the turner for the moment. She's not zipping yet. I can't pull the turner at this point but I'm concerned she might not have room to push.
The brooder is set up. Any ideas?
*Update, She's still chewing so there might be time. I have the brooder set up with a brooder plate as well as a heating pad underneath.
**She's still chewing. The other eggs are less than a week old so I took a chance and removed the turner. I hope it won't affect them. The eggs are quite large, so I had to remove the eggs before taking the turner out. The brooder temp is up to 90.
***Hatched!
Two of the collected eggs looked like they were viable so I stuck them in the incubator. One hatched a week later and I gave it to the broody.
The other egg I was pretty sure was a dud, but jic I left it in the incubator when I started another batch.
And of course it's hatching this morning. I turned off the turner for the moment. She's not zipping yet. I can't pull the turner at this point but I'm concerned she might not have room to push.
The brooder is set up. Any ideas?
*Update, She's still chewing so there might be time. I have the brooder set up with a brooder plate as well as a heating pad underneath.
**She's still chewing. The other eggs are less than a week old so I took a chance and removed the turner. I hope it won't affect them. The eggs are quite large, so I had to remove the eggs before taking the turner out. The brooder temp is up to 90.
***Hatched!
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