We had 6 eggs under our broody. 2 hatched on day 20 and 2 late on day 21, the 2 early ones were very active.
On day 22 mum got off the nest to poo and show the others how to eat, there were two eggs left but she went back into the house and sat on them again. 3 hours later she was outside and the eggs were cold. We moved them to the incubator but we saw that one egg had a large bit of shell missing and the bit of the chick that was visible (back) was cold and unmoving. I think mum stepped on it. We peeled the shell back but the chick was dead. We popped the other egg in and it hatched this morning (Day 24).
What do I do with it? We have left it in the incubator to dry off, it is pecking at the ground, do I put crumb in the incubator? Once it is dry do we take it to mum and try to slip it in with the others? Or do we steal one of mum's babies and rear 2 chicks artificially?
We do have a heat lamp, and a dog crate we could use to house them.
Any advice would be very welcome!
Dans