Will a egg that gets wet....still hatch?

[MoChkRch]

Quick question....just found my white peahen sitting on a single egg under a tree in my backyard...problem is the sprinkler has come on and the egg has a small puddle of water around it...do wet eggs hatch?...she's still sitting on it ? Thanks for any reply

 

[red horse ranch]

The water will dissolve the protective coating on the egg. The chick may still develop but it will be vulnerable to bacteria which could kill or infect it. Knowing myself, I would probably let her set but it would be best to take the egg and let her start over in a drier place.

 

[MoChkRch]

The water will dissolve the protective coating on the egg. The chick may still develop but it will be vulnerable to bacteria which could kill or infect it. Knowing myself, I would probably let her set but it would be best to take the egg and let her start over in a drier place.

Thanks for the reply...I'm like you I will probably let her set for awhile longer...She's one of my favorites ...so I hate to take the egg...and I've turned off the sprinkler to the tree

 

[red horse ranch]

I would be interested to know if the egg hatches. All of us can learn from other people's experiences.

 

[KsKingBee]

One of my special free-ranging hens set a nest in what I thought would be a very protected place, until a gully washer came through and flooded everything. I went out and found her four eggs submerged and her standing over them. I quickly found some hay and elevated her nest out of the water and she went back to setting. Two days later she abandoned the nest. I think being chilled killed the embryos and she knew it.

 

[Midnightman14]

Depends on how wet. I have pulled eggs out of snow and had them hatch. A fully submerged nest is typically not going to hatch but just getting wet is not a big problem unless they get wet and then the temperature drops.

 

[Midnightman14]

The water will dissolve the protective coating on the egg. The chick may still develop but it will be vulnerable to bacteria which could kill or infect it. Knowing myself, I would probably let her set but it would be best to take the egg and let her start over in a drier place.

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