Found egg stash

[kyleag]

So I have a few new hens that are roughly 5 months old. They started laying a week or two back, or so I thought, and I have stumbled upon a stash of 19 eggs with a young broody gen upon them. My question is would you keep the eggs? The only reason I'm concerned is I live in Southern Nevada and it's been 110 degrees plus daily with a couple of the days pushing 120. Also, any ideas on getting her to lay in her coop?

 

[Kiki]

Do you have a rooster?

Lock all the hens up for a week in the coop.

 

[kyleag]

Do you have a rooster?

Lock all the hens up for a week in the coop.

No rooster

 

[Kiki]

so the eggs obviously would not be fertile, so she won't actually hatch the eggs.
It's best to break her from being broody.
Take all the eggs away.

 

[lazy gardener]

Too hot to lock them up. It would be a death sentence. Get rid of the eggs. Do you have a run attached to your coop? This is one of the most important reasons to have a run, even if you allow your flock to free range every day. It allows you to train the flock to the nest box.

 

[chickens really]

Collect the eggs and toss them out...
Lock all the pullets into their coop and run and retrain them to use the nest boxes...usually takes about a week or so...

 

[kyleag]

so the eggs obviously would not be fertile, so she won't actually hatch the eggs.
It's best to break her from being broody.
Take all the eggs away.

I took the eggs and am putting up a temp fence around there coop as to keep them in and to start laying in. What do you think of the eggs, worth cracking a few open and seeing if they are any good to eat or should I just toss em due to the excessive heat?

 

[Kiki]

No way...I would not even crack one...straight to the trash can.

 

[kyleag]

Too hot to lock them up. It would be a death sentence. Get rid of the eggs. Do you have a run attached to your coop? This is one of the most important reasons to have a run, even if you allow your flock to free range every day. It allows you to train the flock to the nest box.

I free range them so no run, I'm going to put up a temp run for a week or two and see how it goes. Your right on the heat it's just to hot in there. I am getting eggs in the coop though, I'm pretty sure it's just one gen that's laying outside of the coop.

 

[Kiki]

How many hens do you have total?