A friend asked me to hatch 5 chicks for her in my incubator. The eggs are from my own flock. I put 5 eggs in on May 9th. On May 11th, I thought "what the heck, lets fill it up" and I added more eggs to the incubator to total 15. In the incubation period I found 4 or 5 (memory is only for important things!) were not fertile and threw them out. So, here we are on hatch day. I have 5 babies already hatched, that is all I expected, but I notice two more are piping! How can that be? I'm confused as to how they can be mature enough to hatch. Also, does one HAVE to wait for night time to introduce chicks to a broody hen? What happens if you do it in the daytime? Sorry, I photos are not good. Lots of glare from my window that I didn't realize. Thanks for your advice!
This second one has "goo" from a chick that hatched near it.
This second one has "goo" from a chick that hatched near it.