Serious Gal but has poop on her egg

Post by **WLLady** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:53 am

ha ha, stop messing with her......lol. you are worse than me and i didn't think ANYONE could possibly be worse than me!!!! LOL.
she's fluffy on the bottom. the chicks will pip on the side and roll out and get up under her wings. she didn't crush the eggs the whole time they were under her, she won't smother the chicks now....and she will poof up her chest and they'll come up there with just their heads poking out of her feathers. it'll happen when it happens....so hard to be patient. go do something else ALL DAY. come back in the late evening and see if anything has happened by LISTENING and LOOKING from AFAR! LOL. Once they are hatched she'll get up and make a "chuck chuck chuck" noise encouraging them to come wandering a little bit with her. make sure you have some chick starter in a chick feeder or something with a very very low lip (margarine container lid or something) so the chicks can actually get to get the feed. mom will start teaching them how to scratch right away, i usually just put a feeder for mom with starter in it-she can eat out of the chick feeder just fine, and she'll teach them how to eat and drink and forage and by day 2 out of the shell they'll be running everywhere. LOL fingers crossed for a good hatch! oh, do NOT worry about

. not right now. as soon as she takes the chicks off the nest clean the whole thing out, and put in new bedding, thin so the chicks don't get lost in it. mom will leave the nest to

once she's got them hatched.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:10 am

Ice cube trays work well for chick feed.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:13 pm

Well.... I'm waiting and NOTHING. I going to start cracking eggs soon!!

Kidding. I don't know who's worse. Me or Josh. He's called and texted me at least a dozen times today

Post by **Killerbunny** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:23 pm

Nooooooooo! Give her another few days.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:29 pm

I was only kidding KB. Expressing my impatience.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:57 pm

It's OK I scare easily!

Post by **Killerbunny** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:00 pm

What date did she start to set?

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:53 pm

SandyM wrote:QR_BBPOST Well.... I'm waiting and NOTHING. I going to start cracking eggs soon!!

Kidding. I don't know who's worse. Me or Josh. He's called and texted me at least a dozen times today

Like KB said, Noooo! Give it a few more days. How many eggs did you have her set?
After a few more days if there's still nothin happening, you can do the egg float test instead of cracking them open. I can give you details on how to do it if it comes to that, but I'm ever hopeful that you'll be seeing little chicks very soon.

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST What date did she start to set?

Feb 23, I believe. Count that as day 0 for the first bunch. More eggs were added the following day, right Sandy?

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:58 pm

Now is a good time to go by sound, you will hear them when/if they hatch! :) also, the hen will "talk" to them !
This is 24 hours after hatch....hard to keep the kids inside

The two sets of eggs set day apart wouldn't really make much difference, the only problem would be if she had too many eggs to cover and in an effort to keep them all warm, they might have all cooled down too much.
Patience is a virtue, if it doesn't pan out, she will get fed up eventually, and you will have first experience under your belt.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:32 pm

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST What date did she start to set?

7 eggs mid afternoon on Feb 23rd and 3 eggs by noon on the 24th. She's over due! Emergency c-section!