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A broody hen is an incubator and a brooder at the same time. You don’t have to worry about the electricity going off, you don’t have to candle the eggs as the broody gets rid of dud eggs. This prevents bacteria from your hands smothering the egg. You also don’t have to worry about humidity and...

I will agree with you on the wine cooler as my eggs did not hatch. However what you said about the broody hen vs an incubator is debatable. My hatches have always been a 100% success with broody hens. All the expensive incubators I’ve bought have never had as good a hatch as my broodies.

Yea I’ve used one before. But dew to a bad incubator at the time I chose to use broody Hens now. They are the best after all ! The eggs developed fine but the incubator was an owl banger of a thing. It was a good expensive €400 wine cooler I used. I didn’t buy it for eggs though !