well thanks for all the responses. heres an update for anyone who cares? today is day 24. i decided earlier today that Pearls eggs probably werent going to hatch so i got her eggs out while she was running around in the yard today. i also got Flo's nest of 4 eggs which were right by Pearl's nest. When Pearl saw what i was doing she freaked out and really raised a ruckus. i sort of busted up her nest to discourage her broodiness, it was just some leaves in a hole. i put Flo's egg out on the grass, not sure what i'd do with those. i thought about throwing them out, she had 3 yesterday but i hadnt marked them or anythign so i couldnt tell for sure which one was todays so i didnt harvest any. i took Pearls smelly eggs down to the pond, far away. (yesterday we had an explosion.. it sounded like a firecracker went off and she came running out with an egg stuck to her breast!) but anyway, so i was curious to see what was inside the eggs b/c i had hoped one or two would hatch so she didnt waste all that time. she started out with 13 and by today there only 6 left. of those 6, one had a little chick in it that was pretty much fully developed and must have died just a day or so before it hatched or either jsut didnt hatch. another one had a little fluffy chick in it, not fully developed-but close, and it was still encased in a tough membrane or some sort. another egg looked like it had a cooked yolk in it, and the others were just the plain ol putrid smelly rotten greenish pukey looking color. so Pearl kept returning to her nest and looking around and then she spotted Flo's eggs out in the grass and went over and pecked at them. then she went back to her nest and i figured what tha hay, so i put Flo's four near Pearls nest just to see what would happen. Pearl went and sat on her next and with her neck stretched out she took her beak and rolled all four eggs under her. I dont know if these will hatch or not or it there is still rotten egg bacteria lingering around but it looks like she'll be sitting another 3 weeks on 4 eggs. so is today day 1 or tomorrow?
