Suspicious deaths

[ambidextrous]

And to avoid a staggered hatch it is best to first collect the eggs every day and give her only those that are fresh (living in Saudi Arabia up to 7 days), clean and of good shape with a smooth eggshell, all at the same time.

Noted... However, since I have recovered 12 chicks, 6 were killed and 4 died naturally, total hatched are already more than 20 and the broody hen is still setting on few more eggs. I guess around 6 or 7. Not sure.

 

[LaFleche]

Noted... However, since I have recovered 12 chicks, 6 were killed and 4 died naturally, total hatched are already more than 20 and the broody hen is still setting on few more eggs. I guess around 6 or 7. Not sure.

You could try to collect all her eggs at night and candle them to see at what stage of development they are or if already dead or not fertile.

And do not let any other hen get to her nest or they will lay even more eggs under her and the situation will go on and on.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ion-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs.47879/

 

[ambidextrous]

You could try to collect all her eggs at night and candle them to see at what stage of development they are or if already dead or not fertile.

And do not let any other hen get to her nest or they will lay even more eggs under her and the situation will go on and on.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ion-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs.47879/

I’m really bad in candling. However I trust that three or four days more and all will either hatch or would be abandoned. The other hens are locked down since around 18 days or so and thus I estimated that no new eggs were laid since then.