GrassClump
Chirping
So one of my hens got broody a few weeks back and I decided to go ahead and let her sit on an egg.
To my surprise, the egg actually survived development and pipped yesterday morning.
The chick made a bigger hole a few hours ago but stopped making anymore progress so I removed a bit of the shell to see if I could tell if it was maybe shrink wrapped or not.
But that's not what this post is about anymore, oh no no no...
You see, when I removed more of the shell, low and behold there was a single lice on it. I removed the lice from the chick, checked the mom, and sure enough she had lice eggs on her.
My question is, should I put the egg back underneath her? or keep it away from her?
To my surprise, the egg actually survived development and pipped yesterday morning.
The chick made a bigger hole a few hours ago but stopped making anymore progress so I removed a bit of the shell to see if I could tell if it was maybe shrink wrapped or not.
But that's not what this post is about anymore, oh no no no...
You see, when I removed more of the shell, low and behold there was a single lice on it. I removed the lice from the chick, checked the mom, and sure enough she had lice eggs on her.
My question is, should I put the egg back underneath her? or keep it away from her?