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One thing I learned is that these chicks will have greater natural heat resistance, according to one scholarly scientific article, due to the hatching conditions.

Thank you for your support guys, I’m just trying to learn so I can be a good chicken mummy. My husband knows how dedicated I am. He suggested that for our wedding anniversary he might buy me a rooster! The irony was just too funny- although he was quite serious! He was trying to make me happy...

Those were my thoughts too. Here is another. Maybe the positioning of the eggs in the nest: centre vs outer ring, esp with 12- affected the heat transfer and development time of each egg. Interestingly the chicks did not stink so I do actually suspect that they died fairly recently. I looked for...

Thanks. I did that. We decided that it was possible that 3 more had chicks inside. Candling was hard- couldn’t see much so I was guessing. I cracked open only those as the others were runny when shaken, I was correct. 3 fully formed soft wet but not moving chicks. Yolks not absorbed completely...

5 now and I believe that’s it. She left the nest with chicks and is out this afternoon teaching them to eat and forage in the cage. The remaining eggs are cold. None have visible pips. None are moving or cheeping or even slightly warm. It’s been almost 48 hours since first pip. Should I remove...

And we now have at least 3.

Here is the little chick number one – approximately two days early

Good news, everyone! That was a pip- you can see the little triangular shape where it started. And yes it is not in the usual position for a chick to hatch. However, by morning it had indeed hatched and I have a healthy fluffy little chick, who did it all on their own, their own way. I did not...

Ok. Thanks for that. I am worried as the membrane looks white and thick/tough and only the shell is being chipped it seems. I’m off to work. Praying it goes well.

I have 12 purchased eggs under a good size broody, healthy Sussex. She has her own cage and run and it’s in a shady spot most of the day. Australia has had some very hot weather here; up to 39 or 40 degrees.celcius. Looks like my spoiled hand-fed hen and eggs survived. They are hatching 2 days...