What the eggggg

[lexidanielle94]

Just found my bantams “stash” today... about 52 eggs she’s been hiding from me hidden behind my vines.... I thought we lost her since she likes to fly over the fence and roam around the neighborhood lol but she has actually been hiding out sitting on alll of them. What can I expect to happen with the hatching of these eggs if any? Has anyone else seen anything like this before?

 

[Mirth Cottage]

Holy bleepity!! She’s one stealthy sneak! Wow!!!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Holy over-working oviduct! That's alot!
I wouldn't try to hatch any. To see if they are good, either candle or float.

 

[em_dawson]

Is it from one chicken? In that case, there's likely some naaaaaaasty eggs in there. At best, if she lays one a day, then there's some that are over 52 days old. If she's an every-other-egg-layer... Well, they're probably pretty gross.

As for hatching, I doubt any of them will hatch, besides possibly the more recent ones. I'm not sure if there's any way to weed out the old eggs from the good ones, besides the float test, which isn't super reliable and can hurt your babies.

I'm at a loss for words. You have an egg ninja!

You can always try to candle them. If you see anything developing in them, you can give them back to her or put them in an incubator. If you tried to incubate all of them, the gross ones will probably be a mess

 

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

WOW. I had a chook have an egg spot like that. Couldn't find 'Cocoa' for 2 days! Thought she was dead! Then second night was a storm. I knew she was a gonna. Found her in a bush the next day sitting on eggs!

 

[MGG]

Just found my bantams “stash” today... about 52 eggs she’s been hiding from me hidden behind my vines.... I thought we lost her since she likes to fly over the fence and roam around the neighborhood lol but she has actually been hiding out sitting on alll of them. What can I expect to happen with the hatching of these eggs if any? Has anyone else seen anything like this before?

That's the most eggs I've ever seen in a clutch! Thanks for sharing, that's incredible!