Yesterday's bounty and...

[TwoCrows]

I am sad to say that this morning we found an egg outside of lay box that looked like it had been stepped on. The egg was cold so we knew we were too late to help in any way (not sure if that is even possible).

Hubby opened it up and at least half the yolk was still there. Is this normal? Should the yolk be almost gone at 21 days?

Still waiting on chicks. When should I give up? Today is day 22.

The egg with a lot of yolk was either a quiter or not fertile. Have you candled any of the eggs yet? No don't give up yet, day 21 is not written in stone, babies can hatch days later.

 

[MarlaMac]

The egg with a lot of yolk was either a quiter or not fertile. Have you candled any of the eggs yet? No don't give up yet, day 21 is not written in stone, babies can hatch days later.

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes. We candled the eggs about a week ago when I found a broken egg in the nest. At that point, 8 of the 12 we fertile and took up a lot of space.

 

[TwoCrows]

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes. We candled the eggs about a week ago when I found a broken egg in the nest. At that point, 8 of the 12 we fertile and took up a lot of space.

I'd give them several more days anyway, keeping my fingers crossed!