We received in excess of 6 inches of rain yesterday morning/yesterday. It started around 0400, and the turkeys were checked at 0830. The coop was in 2-3 inches of standing water, and one of our hens was frantically trying to pile her eggs up on her nest out of the water....but was not being successful.
We don't know if the eggs were completely submerged, as she was moving them around and attempting to sit on them as well, so if they were completely submerged, we don't know for how long. We re-established a nest well off the ground, and she immediately sat on the eggs again.
I know the poults breath through the egg shell, as the small pores in the shell allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. I'm hoping the air pressure inside of the eggs did not allow water through the egg shell pores. I'm also hoping the temps of the eggs did not drop to a fatal level.
The killer part is she was five days from hatching her poults...and she is a great hen. I hate to see her lose what she has worked so hard at for the last month and a half.
Anyone have any experience like this and what was the outcome?
Cheers
jd
We don't know if the eggs were completely submerged, as she was moving them around and attempting to sit on them as well, so if they were completely submerged, we don't know for how long. We re-established a nest well off the ground, and she immediately sat on the eggs again.
I know the poults breath through the egg shell, as the small pores in the shell allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. I'm hoping the air pressure inside of the eggs did not allow water through the egg shell pores. I'm also hoping the temps of the eggs did not drop to a fatal level.
The killer part is she was five days from hatching her poults...and she is a great hen. I hate to see her lose what she has worked so hard at for the last month and a half.
Anyone have any experience like this and what was the outcome?
Cheers
jd
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