Hatching help don't know if it will work

animalwild

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Jan 29, 2015
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We just got back from vacation and we were just going to mark the eggs that were laid and see if they will hatch I don't think this will work and that we should put them in a incubator. But do you think a few will hatch if we let them hens sit on them.
 
If you have a rooster they should hatch. However, you need a dedicated broody to sit on them. If you have a broody but are worried about the eggs not hatching, you could slip fake eggs under her and incubate the eggs in the incubator, slipping them under her at hatching.
However, broody hens are awesome mothers, if not picked on by other hens, and do a good job raising eggs and chicks.

Best of luck!
 
Thanks but my mom came up with the idea and I said we should use an incubator but she said were just trying it to see if it works. But thanks for the advice I hope it works
 
Even, if the eggs have been sitting out for a few days, they will still be fertile! Go ahead and incubate them. If you don't already have a duck or hen that is broody, there is no point in leaving them sit out to rot.

Good luck!
 
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I don't have an incubator and my mom won't let me borrow one I'm going to make a deal tonight on something to do
 
Where the eggs are I have my austrolorps and bantams roosting at night their about three months old do you think they might sit on them at night
 
Birds that aren't broody probably won't sit on eggs. However, you can make a home-made incubator with some form of heating element (heat-light, heat-pad, hot water bottle) and add some humidity and it could help the eggs until you can find a better solution. Keep it at 99-100 degrees and the humidity at around 45-60%.

However, eggs that haven't been incubated at all can be saved for up to 10 days or even more in a cool area like a basement or closet until an incubator can be acquired. They won't go bad, as this is what the mother hen does when collecting eggs.

Hope this helps!
 
Thanks for the help I'm going to start building an incubator. Can I just leave the eggs out in the coop until my incubator is ready.
 
If its going to take a while (more than a day), putting the eggs in a carton and storing them in a cool, dark location will keep them fresh longer. They will last up to 10 days this way. I've heard that turning them is important if they are kept for more than a couple days (by placing a piece of wood under one side of the carton one day and the other side the next).
 

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