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Quote: its called being supportive... been here since the beginning of thread... Just pulling your leg a little all good, sorry mutt, see ya been here too.

Quote: What's this "we" stuff? its called being supportive... been here since the beginning of thread...

from the dry incubation method... "An egg must lose approximately 11% to 14% of its weight during the incubation cycle. That is, it has to have some evaporation of the contents of the egg itself in order for the chick to have room inside of the egg to develop and still have room to turn in the...

14 days gives lots of options, only thing we should do next time is weigh the eggs, at lay, at setting, at lockdown, to see the difference in weight via evaporative loss... again, nice work and thanks!

congratulations, you helped voice and added proof to a theory, and you got 13 chicks from your favorite hen! in one setting! good stuff!

Quote: what kind of temp issues and when? low or high? max. min? I have an LG, its in the closet and stays within a range. I do see temp bumps, early on and when I remove the turner. I now almost think the first bump is from when they actually start to "cook" and develop. imho. be wondering...

good luck buddy.

we have hens that hide their clutches and put damp dirt on them...

good deal Delmar. here is hoping your experimentology runs true. so you saved up 15 eggs over 16 days and then set them all on the 16th day? did you notice, did she lay them all around the same time everyday? or did it seem an hour later for each one? curious, which day did she skip? saturday...

Good Luck!

fortnight= 14 days? we are dealing with similar situation, have a nice hen, like my roo. have been planning on small hatches. some people do say quality over quantity. in my situation, I kinda figure- we could be 7 days closer to seeing what chicks look like if only collect for 7 days. and...