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I will keep an eye on it, and try it at 50% thank you for all your help.

I'm leaning toward some Cochin bantams. Or the game hens that were suggested if I can find any.

I'm in Buffalo, TX. Looks like I'm about 2 hours from you. We have a flea market this weekend that have chickens, I might go this weekend and see if there are any Cochins.

I might go to the local flea market this weekend and see if I can find some game hens or Cochins, thank you

Good article, thanks for the info!

Thank you all for the advice, I will keep you updated on the results. Hoping for a good hatch and all the help from you all will increase that chance. I've never used a brood hen, what's the best way to get her to go broody?

I have a friend that has some buff Orpingtons, I'm going to get a hen from him to incubate the eggs for the first two weeks before I put them in the incubator. I've heard that works pretty well

It will be April before I recieve them, I'll let you know what they look like when I recieve them. Like Amy was saying around 60% lol

I have 6 eggs coming, plan to incubate temp at 99.5 and wet bulb 86-87

They are being shipped from South Carolina to Texas. Should I use the auto turner and flip the eggs 3 times a day?

I've hatched and raised game birds and chickens, these will be my first peafowl, everything I've been reading about incubating the eggs are horror stories, and they're being shipped, so I have that to deal with also.

Thank you for the info, I'll check that out. Just want to do it right, those eggs are expensive!