Serious Gal but has poop on her egg

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:30 pm

I feel your frustration, but if your hen still committed, give it a little longer. Fingers crossed for a happy event this weekend.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:39 pm

I feel like my ice cream cone is melting inside the car and I lost my keys!!! TORTURE.

BUT ... I will continue to be patient.

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:20 pm

I'd give it another day and then candle all of them. They could be late, it happens all the time around here when hens hide a nest with a load of eggs, or eggs spend too much time in a cooler spot in the incubator. I've had them hatch as late as 5 days. One time a hen had left her nest under my porch with new chicks, leaving 3 eggs unhatched, and I didn't get around to pitching them right away...3 days after she left the nest, the dog grabbed one of the leftovers out, I yelled thinking I was about to have a dog stinking of rotten egg...he dropped it and out rolled a LIVE, struggling chirping baby. Miracles do happen lol! Ever since then (and a couple stinkers that broke in nests and killed everything) I meddle, er, candle obsessively lol

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:26 pm

ahhhhhh give it more time. go in late tonight with a flashlight and candle the eggs.... if they are black they should hatch soon. if they are clear... well then they wont. I will just us the flashlight on my phone to check broody eggs that way I dont contaminate the one I use for my incubator.

I still have my fingers crossed!!!

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:27 pm

lol I didnt see the last 3 posts...

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:03 pm

I candled a few and they just look pinkish inside. Ugh!! I'm going to do them all with the flashlight. I will report back in a few

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:11 pm

Well all I see is pinkish, hollow looking eggs. How can that even be possible? One looks like it has an air pocket in it.

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:27 pm

Oh dear. All of them? Are they all from the same hen? Same rooster? They're likely either infertile or got too cold before setting, ending development before it began.

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:32 pm

Not the same hen, same rooster yes. They are fertile eggs because I check them every time I crack them. Think I'll go to bed crushed!!

What do I do now?

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:43 pm

SandyM wrote:QR_BBPOST Not the same hen, same rooster yes. They are fertile eggs because I check them every time I crack them. Think I'll go to bed crushed!!

What do I do now?

I'd say, take good care of your broody (very important -she needs to to recuperate), and look out for next window of "broody opportunity".