Hey everyone! Guess what? On the 12th, 13th, and 14th, 3 chicks hatched under our broody hen! We lost 1 during the hatch, 1 during development, and 1 egg got crushed during development. So overall we had 6 fertile eggs and 3 made it, so that's a 50% hatch rate. We named the chicks Peanut...
I'm reading of all these babies hatching, and ours haven't yet! They are around day 23-24, but I think that since they haven't hatched yet, I may be wrong and they may be younger than that. I just estimated on how old they were by looking at the candling results, so I may be off by a few days...
We have 4 eggs due this week; maybe tomorrow or the next day. Today is around day 19-20 for them and 4 out of 10+ eggs are now dark and have moving chicks in them. Our broody hen has been doing a wonderful job and I hope she's rewarded with her first-ever clutch of chicks!
The breeds that we...