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goebbels



Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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Location: gloucestershire
PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:23 pm    Post subject: Hen thrown egg out Reply with quote
My Blue Orpington has just thrown out one of her eggs from her nest, they are due to hatch tomorrow and one of them is pipping, I candled last week and they're all as they should be. Ive quickly put the egg in an incubator but why would she eject the egg when none have yet hatched?
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kated



Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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Location: norfolk
PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
May have been an accident on her part. Did you test if it's still live? If not, then she knew it was a no-hoper. Broodies do have a sense about dead eggs.
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goebbels



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
How would I know for sure if it is still live?
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goebbels



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Never mind, its peeping and moving
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jaydee67
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd slide it back under her then.
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goebbels



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ok, chicked hatched in incubator fine, I didn't put the egg back under hen as unfortunatly I found two chicks dead under her, or rather stuck under her Sad So the situation is she has one chick under her doing fine and I have two chicks in the incubator, the one has only just hatched and yet to fluff up, when should I put them under the Hen?
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Woodburner



Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village...
PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe I missed something but why did you take the chicks away if they weren't dead, and she was still sitting? I'd try and put them all back asap and monitor the situation closely.
Chicks look dead for a day or so after hatching, and off and on when they are slopping for a couple of days.
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goebbels



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They smelt like a dead sheep thats been in the sun for a week, shes happy now with all three chicks under her. Looks like a Black, Blue and a Splash, and hopefully Hens Pray
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