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4/2/12 at 1:33pm

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i have decided to try for a hatch. the only real reason i am is beacuse i happened to see my hen lay the egg so i already knew it was warm enough. i have a simple incubator set up but i just wanted to know about how long itt takes for an egg to hatch.

i have a small farm of multiple types of animals but my birds are my personal favorites, 3 aracauna hens, an aracauna rooster, a houdan hen and roo, one sebret hen, 7 ducks, and a turkey. planning on more birds in the spring including quail, geese, and some more hens.

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4/2/12 at 1:42pm

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21 days for chicken eggs. But depending on how your temps stay could be plus or minus a day or two. If you temps are a bit low could be a late hatch. Bit too high could be a earlier hatch.

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4/2/12 at 1:48pm

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For chicken eggs it takes 21 days. Make sure you are turning them on day 1-19, then stop turning and leave them alone completely until they hatch. Keep in mind that there is a lot more to incubating eggs than jut putting them in the incubator. You need to maintain a certain temperature (99.5) and humidity level (30-50 for chicken eggs). You might want to look everything up to make sure you know what you are doing. Good luck :D

I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1 Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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4/2/12 at 4:00pm

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ya. i think i have the temperature alright and i placed a dish of water in the incubator for humidty. it is a chicken egg by the way. i has mah fingers crossed!!