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Forgive me if this is in the wrong thread! I did see the dummy eggs master post but I didn't think I could find anything that currently fits my situation.
Earlier this season my canary hen was laying eggs like crazy. Definitely too many. I got some dummy eggs as quickly as I could that have been in her food bowl (considering that's where she'd been laying the eggs). She took to them immediately and sat on them exactly like she's supposed to. During all this I ended up having to rush her to the vet and found out that on top of all this she'd come down with a bacterial infection. I got her all her medicine and she seems to have healed up well from that part, but it has been nearly a month since she started sitting on those eggs! She still eats and drinks enough from what I can tell, but it has been far past any normal incubation period at this point. She's had such a rough couple months that I don't want to just take them away and cause another problem, but I also don't want her to get too malnourished from sitting all day every day.
I apologize if I've messed up somewhere along the way, finding good sources for this type of thing has been pretty tough.
Most sources I can find online suggest I let her sit on the egg until she gets bored. Is this still the right thing to do or should I take them away?
Earlier this season my canary hen was laying eggs like crazy. Definitely too many. I got some dummy eggs as quickly as I could that have been in her food bowl (considering that's where she'd been laying the eggs). She took to them immediately and sat on them exactly like she's supposed to. During all this I ended up having to rush her to the vet and found out that on top of all this she'd come down with a bacterial infection. I got her all her medicine and she seems to have healed up well from that part, but it has been nearly a month since she started sitting on those eggs! She still eats and drinks enough from what I can tell, but it has been far past any normal incubation period at this point. She's had such a rough couple months that I don't want to just take them away and cause another problem, but I also don't want her to get too malnourished from sitting all day every day.
I apologize if I've messed up somewhere along the way, finding good sources for this type of thing has been pretty tough.
Most sources I can find online suggest I let her sit on the egg until she gets bored. Is this still the right thing to do or should I take them away?