and then there were 14.

Its bloody hot. 36 degrees in Maleny today. Especially due to the weather i went home to check on Broody. Good think i did as the rest of the chooks were very low on food and water. While i was changing the water for the other and i had Broody cop open to cool down, my other light Sussex, Cordelia, started harassing broody. out she hopped cluck, clucking away and then i saw the mess below her. it seemed that an egg had broken all over a few of the eggs, but where was the shell? the mess was fresh, and then I saw Broody had shell attached to her. luckily the egg didn't have a chick inside and was only a little icky. So in the sweltering 1pm sun i was cleaning up a few of the eggs to prevent contamination. So now we are down to 14 eggs. I'm feeling pessimistic. What if its too hot. i now know that one egg was no good which is fine statistically but not in my head its not. with 1 day to go i'm feeling unsure. i really hope we at least have a couple of live healthy chicks. oh and it was a polish egg that had cracked open. well at least we'll know soon.

I've also prepared the coop for the chicks. so the litter tray is gone and now there is a nice clean floor. will just have to get some shallow dishes for the food and water now.