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Oh and on the nest type front: Springtime: One hen set up under a bush in October and hatched 4 chicks from 8 eggs. One hen was in the usual plastic dog kennel and hatched 6 chicks from 8 eggs, one week after the first hen. One hen showed up on Christmas day with 6 chicks. She was setup under...

Right well here is an update on this thread. I tried out my idea. It did not end well. It's possible it would work if I did some things differently but I'm not currently willing to try again. I set eggs in my incubator, discarded any quitters, and on lockdown day moved them to my broody hen...

Thanks, I read that awhile back and it influenced the way I try to set up the boxes with lots of 'shapeable' bedding so the hens can make their nests the way they like. In an update on the whole experiment, I took the eggs in the incubator to 13 days then terminated them as I ended up not...

Sand is a great idea! I actually read a magazine article about using a slab of lawn with the grass and dirt all there. The article was about how this helped with increasing humidity, so I sort of put that aside, but it makes sense now you have reminded me, that providing what is essentially what...

Thanks for your reply, I can't get the nurture right incubator here, I can get Chinese types in a wide range of options, brinsea and rcom. I can order a nuture right from Australia, which I will have a think about now that shipping actually happens between us again in a sort of timely fashion...

This is a response I gave on another thread as to why I think humidity is the issue: I don't know for absolutely sure that it was the humidity, but it's the most educated guess I can make. I had one 100% failed hatched of I think 16 eggs, all of which were developed at the same rate, and all of...

Quick update, set up the incubator yesterday for several hours and it actually does a great job of dropping the humidity. It isn't calibrated accurately but I expected that and have my own meters inside it. I will be setting eggs today so I will just keep this thread updated with my results...

Hi all, I am attempting to make my hatching more successful in my climate. My plan is to begin incubation in an incubator for 10-14 days then move the eggs to a broody to finish and hatch. I only want to broody-raise my chicks. My current plan is to place the incubator in my hot water...