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I have, I checked some of the bigger hatcheries as well as local. I didn't see from the major ones, availabilities with the breeds I'd order matching up to my expected dates here. They seemed to be either too early or late by a week or so. I do have, though, the local place I bought the fertilized eggs from as a possible option. They have a number of hatches each week, so I'm checking with them today. Last time I called them, they said to check back when it was closer. Since today is day 20, I figure we're close.Did you scope out any live chicks? Just in case nothing hatched, but that is a worse case scenario.
I checked on my hen via the camera last night about midnight or so, and she was standing up in the nest box. I could see the eggs, but no activity or anything like that. One egg was pushed away to the side. When I checked on her later on the camera, she was sitting back down, but the one egg was still off to the side. This morning when I went out and fed the flock and checked in on her, she was still sitting down, and all eggs were again underneath her (I didn't get her up or anything, just from visual observation). In reading on here, I saw a post where it said that she was likely standing to help cool the eggs off a bit since she knows if it's getting too warm. At the time, the temp
Edit: The high in the coop for the day was 82. When I saw her standing, it was down to 77. I just wanted to update the info for future readers and accuracy of this thread.
Anyway, it sure made sense with the temp we had yesterday that is what she could have been doing. Today is the last of our warmer than normal temps, so she'll get a bit of break starting tomorrow.
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