Great advice thanks! I DO have about 10 eggs that are bantam Cochin then some Orpingtons like English Isabel's too. So it sounds like even if I hold them to start together the bantams might hatch early anyways lol! I can't win here lol!! One reason why I wanted to get the second incubator from...
Thanks for the response!! I should of specified lol that when I say "successful" I'm talking about 50% of them hatching. I understand that shipped eggs are less likely to hatch. I know they are to sit for the 24 hours in room temp but I thought if you were to "hold them" longer the temps needed...
I'm going to be incubating for the first time next month and researching and trying to learn as much as I can for a successful hatch! I have eggs being shipped to me from two different hatchery farms (I couldn't get all the breeds I wanted from just one farm). They are all set to ship the same...