What to do?

[Shadowfire]

Hi everyone. My leghorn hen, Luna, has been keeping a stash of 15 eggs in my brother's small equipment tent. She was attempting to hatch the chicks, which I know is rare for leggies; we don't have room for that many new chicks, and I candled the eggs and found out that seven had to-be-chicks inside. What would be the best, most humane method of ending their development before they can feel pain?
Thank you!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

If I were you I’d Let her hatch them and then sell the chicks.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Hatch them and give them away........

 

[chickens really]

Did you see veins or a heart beat in the eggs?..You can just remove her eggs and pop them in a bowl and put in the freezer for a few hours if you don't want them to hatch and then toss in the garbage.
I'd hatch them and let her raise them.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Throw them in the freezer.

 

[Shadowfire]

If I were you I’d Let her hatch them and then sell the chicks.

I think it would be hard to do that because I would need to find buyers right away, (my parents really don't like strangers coming to the house, they are protective creatures) and then, we can't afford to get them all vaccinated for marek's. My adult fowl were not vaccinated so I'm worried that might affect the chicks.
I have three eggs in my incubator already (max capacity) that my parents already agreed to let me keep inside to brood, but "no more" they say.

Did you see veins or a heart beat in the eggs?..You can just remove her eggs and pop them in a bowl and put in the freezer for a few hours if you don't want them to hatch and then toss in the garbage.
I'd hatch them and let her raise them.

I don't really see much in there, because the thing I am using to candle them does a poor job; all that's visible is a bobbing mass of pinkish stuff in the middle. And as for the heart beat, I don't have the correct measuring instrument; I think the eggs are only a few days old each since several hens were contributing to the nest.

 

[chickens really]

I think it would be hard to do that because I would need to find buyers right away, (my parents really don't like strangers coming to the house, they are protective creatures) and then, we can't afford to get them all vaccinated for marek's. My adult fowl were not vaccinated so I'm worried that might affect the chicks.
I have three eggs in my incubator already (max capacity) that my parents already agreed to let me keep inside to brood, but "no more" they say.



I don't really see much in there, because the thing I am using to candle them does a poor job; all that's visible is a bobbing mass of pinkish stuff in the middle. And as for the heart beat, I don't have the correct measuring instrument; I think the eggs are only a few days old each since several hens were contributing to the nest.

Then just take them and toss them. Nothing to worry about..

 

[chickens really]

Keep collecting the eggs and block her from that nest site.

 

[aart]

all that's visible is a bobbing mass of pinkish stuff in the middle

That's probably the yolk, likely the birds are just laying there and none of them broody.
Do you lock your birds up every night and do a head count?
A broody wouldn't come back to roost at night.

Confine your birds so they lay in the coop nests:
Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop for a week or so can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop and maybe run 24/7 for a few days to a week, provided you have adequate space and ventilation, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.

 

[Shadowfire]

That's probably the yolk, likely the birds are just laying there and none of them broody.
Do you lock your birds up every night and do a head count?
A broody wouldn't come back to roost at night.

Confine your birds so they lay in the coop nests:
Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop for a week or so can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop and maybe run 24/7 for a few days to a week, provided you have adequate space and ventilation, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.

Yes, I count them all, but the supposed broody goes off for a while and I usually have to catch her.