Serious Gal but has poop on her egg

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:35 pm

She has 10 eggs under her. I honestly don't even know how that happens. Eggs are collected daily, she would steal eggs and roll them to the pen and hide them, but not very well becaus I found them every day. Or so I thought. I don't have 7 silkies laying yet so she had to be hiding them. Impressive.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:40 pm

Awwwww look at those babies !!! JEALOUS

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:25 pm

If the eggs cooled down a bit during incubation , but still continued developing, the hatch may be delayed 2-3 days, don't give up yet!

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:24 pm

Ontario Chick wrote:QR_BBPOST If the eggs cooled down a bit during incubation , but still continued developing, the hatch may be delayed 2-3 days, don't give up yet!

That was what I was thinking too: If she is sitting on 10 eggs, especially if they are standard size chicken eggs, that is quite a large clutch of eggs for a silkie sized hen to keep rotated and evenly heated, so hatch day a day or two later would not be unusual.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:46 am

Nope they are all Silkie eggs.

Nothing this morning. I'm sure hoping by Saturday we'll have some chicks. This is like some form of suspense torture!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:22 am

To bring it all in to perspective for you,

I have been hatching chicks using an incubator for approximately 10 years and do 2-3 hatches a year.
EVERY year, when the day 18, 19, 20, 21 roll around, i spent embarrassing amount of time staring at the eggs doing absolutely nothing, completely convinced I will never hatch another chick. Then of course the chicks hatch......and the next batch, EXACTLY the same thing again!!!! :)
I have even resorted to cheating for the last couple years and up the temperature a smidgen so the first pip happens on day 20, thus saving myself one excruciating day.

On the other hand quite happy to hand the job over to a broody, once I give her the optimum environment, she is in charge of that hatch. :)

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:38 am

Thanks OC. When I woke this morning and walked in my haze to her I swore never again a broody would be allowed lol. But after a cup of coffee I was back to letting her determine her ETA.

But it's soooooooo tempting to put a chair there and watch the clock LOL!!!

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:45 am

HAHA OC im staring at my incubator and there's nothing in it! HAHAHAHAHAHA

fingers crossed for you Sandy!

Post by **Killerbunny** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:51 am

The first time I had a broody, my first year with chickens too so not expected, I spent hours face down in the grass staring at her little enclosure!

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:25 pm

N O T H I N G