Incubation question

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Norse
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I was wondering if anyone knows how long a hen can be off her eggs after incubation has started,before they would be no good any more ?
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Norse wrote:I was wondering if anyone knows how long a hen can be off her eggs after incubation has started,before they would be no good any more ?
Depends on weather/how good nest construction is and how many eggs in clutch.....if fingers been checking..she may not go back :think:
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weather was 23c
5 eggs
nest is of good construction
no fingers went near nest
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She may get off quicker then you think...could be sitting without you knowing....best to leave and see what happens :think:
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Looks like the hr or so she was off eggs was long enough to kill them, lets see how next time goes
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No way. They can go for days without incubating & still be good. I recently had a pair of TCPFs fledge 2 young and re-nest straight away (in the tray of the seed hopper). The cock broke his neck from night fright and the new nest had been abandoned by the hen - she was still feeding the 2 fledglings. About 4-5 days since I last noticed her sitting I had a young pair of BFPFs in another aviary which had recently started incubating so I thought I'd check the abandoned TCPF nest. It had 5 eggs inc 4 fertile & 1 clear so I put the fertile ones under the BF & they just fledged 3 very well developed TCPF young & 3 of their own young yesterday all at the same stage of development. Great result all round but clear proof that eggs can go a good while & still be viable.
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Always worth doing T. But I think the month since Norses last post probably means they are U/S
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I had a problem with a canary hen once. She was almost 24 hours without sitting. Not problem for the eggs though. I got 4 healthy chicks from them.
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