We have a broody hen who we gave some fake eggs to. We wanted to make sure she was serious. We put eggs in the incubator at the same time. Although she moved nest boxes sometimes (probably because another hen went in hers when she got up to eat) she always stayed in a box. The last week and a...
I am day 22 and 2 of 5 eggs have hatched. One egg I candled and it was obvious development had stopped by day 14 maybe. Another egg pipped and there was movement but at some point last night the chick died. The last egg was moving last night but hasn’t moved today. I candled it and it is dark...