deb 0 Posted April 27, 2010 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I have a pair with 6 eggs and the hen is still laying but i went to check them this morning and the pair are not in the nestbox and the eggs are very cold. I have candled them and the first 3 are fertile but because she seems to have spent the night out of the nestbox will the chicks in the eggs stop developing. what would cause this to happen and what should i do with the eggs. i have been checking her for the last hour and she is not going into the nestbox, i put her into the nestbox a couple of times but she came straight back out. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 28, 2010 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) Can you warm the eggs in your hands or with your warm breath and put them under another hen. Edited April 28, 2010 by KAZ Link to comment
deb 0 Posted April 28, 2010 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 I decided to move the eggs to another nest. Link to comment
robyn 0 Posted May 1, 2010 Member ID: 5,241 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,887 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10,750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 19, 2018 Birthday: 21/12/1946 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Hi Deb, do you know how long before eggs were due to hatch? Finger's crossed some will survive. Link to comment
deb 0 Posted May 1, 2010 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 I only had one other nest to put them into, it had 3 babies and one egg in it but the mum somehow knew they were not hers and would not sit on them. They were smaller eggs then her egg so she i knew which egg was hers. I keep finding the hen sitting on her chicks and egg but the other eggs were pushed to the other end of the nestbox. I left them with her for a day but she would not accept them and i had no other nest to put them into so i decided to toss them because they had not been sat on for a night and day. I realised the first hen had left her nestbox because she was eggbound. Link to comment
Ratzy 0 Posted May 1, 2010 Member ID: 5,628 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,283 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,095 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 22, 2012 Birthday: 26/03/1998 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Is she alright? Link to comment
deb 0 Posted May 1, 2010 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Is she alright? Not sure if she is going to make it, i think she is on a suicide mission.The eggbound issue got fixed and she was eager to get out of the hospital cage so i was going to put her back in the aviary. When i put her back into the aviary she flew off my hand and flew headfirst into a wooden post. She fell to the ground and cannot fly or perch now. I have her back in the hospital cage and she is sitting on the bottom of the cage very quiet. i am hoping it is just shock and not a brain injury. Link to comment
Houman 0 Posted May 1, 2010 Member ID: 5,901 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 388 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,097 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 28, 2020 Birthday: 01/01/1994 Share Posted May 1, 2010 wow thats crazy Link to comment
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