What to do with egg after chickens have hatched????

[Layla3&4]

Hey I’m Layla!

It’s my hens first time hatching out chicks. She is broody and is sitting on 4 eggs and one of the eggs has hatched. It’s fully out of the eggshell and I’m now wondering what to do with the egg shell? I don’t want it to take up space underneath her or it to cut the other chicks when they hatch. The mother ate a bit of it but the rest is under her.

 

[IceHax]

i like to keep them all on a shelf to remember the beautiful moment you can take the egg out whenever you want after the chick is out, just make sure not to disturb the others

 

[jonezjollyfarm]

Mine usually eat them if I dont get them out soon enough.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Hens usually eat them. If not you can toss em or put it in a jar for memories

 

[jonezjollyfarm]

Or when I go to check on them and remove the shells i sit them aside and bask in the beauty of the new chicks while the dog comes in and steals the shells I set aside.... hes such a booger!

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Or when I go to check on them and remove the shells i sit them aside and bask in the beauty of the new chicks while the dog comes in and steals the shells I set aside.... hes such a booger!

Haha lol

 

[Shadrach]

Leave them where they are until the hen has finished sitting.
Hens have been hatching chicks without human intervention for thousands of years.

 

[Layla3&4]

i like to keep them all on a shelf to remember the beautiful moment you can take the egg out whenever you want after the chick is out, just make sure not to disturb the others

Thanks for the advise!

 

[Layla3&4]

Mine usually eat them if I dont get them out soon enough.

Thanks for the advise.
I took out the 2 egg shell that hatched last night! And she ate one!

 

[Layla3&4]

Or when I go to check on them and remove the shells i sit them aside and bask in the beauty of the new chicks while the dog comes in and steals the shells I set aside.... hes such a booger![/QUOTE
Hey thanks for your feedback!

I was wondering if you knew how long you should wait before you pick them up and stuff?​