Update: Toss or KEEP (nevermind go on and read this though :)

[rizq]

That is a great idea! I had forgotten about their being 2 hens, not that something that clever and sensible would ever have occured to me anyway ... especially this time of night

 

[The Wolf Queen]

thanks dancing bear and rizq. One more question answer LOL. When you tilt an egg the liquid in side is not suppose to move unless its the beggining stage and still mostly yolk right?
dancing bear I actually tried to seperate one hen but she flipped out and nearly ran over the one baby that had hatched so far, he got seperated still the only hatch so far but today I bought him friends, anyway I think at least 3 from his momma are going to hatch maybe in a few days cuz they are decent sized in their eggs also both hens are banty, a cochin and a d uccle, and his ma the d uccle can barely fit 7 under her so poor Angel the cochin is doing all the work,sittin 20 some eggs,,hopefully at least 5 less tomarrow, poor girl I gotta love her and she has never pecked me as much as I bug her and her little, excuse me rather large nest

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[dancingbear]

In that case, maybe if you keep taking the chicks as they hatch, the hens will keep setting until most, or all, with any luck, are hatched. Then you could let them keep the last ones out. Maybe they'll co-parent, it happens sometimes. Have you marked the eggs they already have, so you'll know when there are new ones to snatch out?

I've got a few hens that you absolutely can't relocate, once they decide to brood. They just wig out. Others, you can stick anywhere, as long as the eggs go with them, they settle right in.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

dancingbear said:Have you marked the eggs they already have, so you'll know when there are new ones to snatch out?

I've got a few hens that you absolutely can't relocate, once they decide to brood. They just wig out. Others, you can stick anywhere, as long as the eggs go with them, they settle right in.

Yep I have my own special marking system and maybe the cochin will not mind moving but Dottie the d uccle just completely forgets the eggs

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Ok update

I sorted eggs today and got rid of 7 bad eggs

The rest look really good and one is a day or two from hatching (broke through air pocket and trying to make a pip hole)

. Also I think another of my cochins might have gone broody

. So I put an egg that had been in the fridge, underneath her to double check. So im SUPER happy

. Also how long does it take after a chick pokes its head into the air pocket to hatch, 2-3 days?

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Anyone?????

 

[Nicola]

once it has pipped on the outside it can take up to 24 hours ot more to hatch but if u have multiple hatch dates under a hen eg some are due to hatch now and others in a week to get her to keep sitting on the eggs that havent hatched you have to take the chicks away and brood them your self because she will abandon(sp?) the nest to take care of the live ones that hatched

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[The Wolf Queen]

Thanks Nicola and what does 'sp?' stand for?

 

[Nicola]

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wecome and sp? it means im not sure on how to spell that word

 

[The Wolf Queen]

LOL Thanks. I learned a knew abreviation (sp?)