I had an excellent hatch rate of 75% on my last incubatiion even though my incubator is pretty basic and I had someone else turning the eggs much of the time. Unfortunately, two of the three turned out to be roosters and we were not allowed to keep them in the city where I was residing. I want...
Every year I get 2-3 broody hens in from late winter to mid-spring and I keep the best rooster around long enough to fertilize enough eggs to have the broodies hatch out what I need to repopulate the flock and keep new layers in the flock. What hatches is always about 50% male and 50% female -...