Hello!
My flock is currently driving me insane...they’ve almost all been broody at least once, but my Bantam Cochins & Silkies 2+ times, so far.
Well, I’ve incubated lots of eggs this year... I love incubating eggs in an incubator, because it’s more "hands-on"
I’ve found that I lose significantly more embryos than my hens do. But why?
My hens have close to 100% hatch rates, and I have 50% or less, usually.
The eggs have all been from my own flock, same birds, so it’s not the source. I have 2 calibrated thermometers & one hygrometer to measure temp and humidity. I have a still air incubator and a forced air incubator. I do find that my hatches in the forced air incubator are slightly better than the ones in the still air...
I find it curious, that even with interruptions from the other girls, the broody hens have better success at hatching...
Is this one of those "Broody does it best" type things?
Thank you,
HuffleClaw / Kayla
My flock is currently driving me insane...they’ve almost all been broody at least once, but my Bantam Cochins & Silkies 2+ times, so far.
Well, I’ve incubated lots of eggs this year... I love incubating eggs in an incubator, because it’s more "hands-on"
I’ve found that I lose significantly more embryos than my hens do. But why?
My hens have close to 100% hatch rates, and I have 50% or less, usually.
The eggs have all been from my own flock, same birds, so it’s not the source. I have 2 calibrated thermometers & one hygrometer to measure temp and humidity. I have a still air incubator and a forced air incubator. I do find that my hatches in the forced air incubator are slightly better than the ones in the still air...
I find it curious, that even with interruptions from the other girls, the broody hens have better success at hatching...
Is this one of those "Broody does it best" type things?
Thank you,
HuffleClaw / Kayla