I'm have a delima. I had bought 24 BO eggs and 8 Cochin eggs via ebay. The BO eggs came in just fine the Cochin eggs came a week later. I have all the eggs in the bator and the BO are due to hatch this Friday or weekend. The Cochin eggs are not due to hatch until the following weekend. All the eggs will be taken out of the turner tonight to be put in lock down. Any ideas on what I do with the Cochin eggs? I know I can turn them myself on the floor of the bator if I keep them in during the BO hatch but I'm afraid increasing the humidity will hurt the Cochin eggs, much less if they get knocked around during the hatching process. I swear I will never do this again. I do have a hen that seems to be sitting quite a bit do you think I could put the Cochin eggs under her and things would be okay? Thanks for any ideas on this.
Update: Babies are starting to hatch as of yesterday afternoon. I ended up putting the cochin eggs in a paper egg carton on one side of the bator to solve the problem of keeping them separate. The new chicks cannot knock them over this way. Anyhow, keeping my fingers crossed that the cochin eggs will be fine and ready to hatch next week. Thanks everyone for your input.
Update: Babies are starting to hatch as of yesterday afternoon. I ended up putting the cochin eggs in a paper egg carton on one side of the bator to solve the problem of keeping them separate. The new chicks cannot knock them over this way. Anyhow, keeping my fingers crossed that the cochin eggs will be fine and ready to hatch next week. Thanks everyone for your input.
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