I was told last year from a local farmer that most new hens' eggs, if fertilized, won't produce chicks because the hens are too young. My ten lovely ladies are 10.5 months old, and have been laying like crazy for about seven months. There are three rosters among them (who have never fought...
So I have eggs that should be hatching in about 5 days. My mom used to get the incubator from the educational thing and hatch some out once a year wih her class, but other than that, I haven't done it myself. She says under no circumstance should you help a chick out of its shell, because if its...