hatching eggs 24 hours behind the others

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hatching eggs 24 hours behind the others
« on: August 10, 2011, 11:20 »
Hello, I'm new and I've tried to find advice, but I'm not having much luck as there's so much info on here :) I had 6 eggs under a broody hen, 4 hatched yesterday morning, today is day 21 and the other 2 are showing no signs of emerging. I candled them all a week ago and they all had contents.
What do I do? She's been out a few times today rosey, I guess trying to get yesterdays hatched chicks out, but she returns to sit on them and the other 2 eggs. They all went under her on the same day. I have read that some take longer to hatch, but I also have read somewhere that usually the cheeping of one or two makes the others hatch??  ???
If she leaves the nest with the hatched chicks, do I open the other eggs? Or try and incubate them (I don't have an incubator, but I do have another broody I'm trying to break!) Any advise greatfully received!  :)

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Re: hatching eggs 24 hours behind the others
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 11:23 »
leave the eggs and the broody alone - eggs don't all hatch on the same day, some can still hatch several days later. The broody will move them away from her and her chicks if they are no good. Wait until at least day 28 (I have had eggs hatch on day 27).
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: hatching eggs 24 hours behind the others
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 11:24 »
Ha, joyful-fastfingers beat me to it!  :tongue2:

Re: hatching eggs 24 hours behind the others
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 13:06 »
Thank you for responding. So I guess if she leaves the nest with the new chicks, the unhatched eggs may be no good. Fingers crossed they are just a bit late then!  :)


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