- Sep 9, 2011
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It's been broody hen city over here and as our flock size increases, we're on that learning curve where mistakes are made.
Mama hen hatches out 7 chicks, she gets up and it's clear other hens have been laying eggs in her nest. I take 6 and slide them under another broody who's just started being broody thinking they'l hatch in a day or two and it worked! But, surrogate doesn't care for them, but another hen who's sitting on 16 eggs does! Her eggs are due in about 3 days. She left her nest today, it's 85 degrees here and they probably sat on their own for about 3 hours. I quickly made a ghetto incubator ( a large tupperware storage tub, towel, glass bowl with water, 60 watt bulb, and the storage lug's lid ). Is there a chance this will even work? I candled the eggs and they all look good, with air sac or bubble.
Mama hen hatches out 7 chicks, she gets up and it's clear other hens have been laying eggs in her nest. I take 6 and slide them under another broody who's just started being broody thinking they'l hatch in a day or two and it worked! But, surrogate doesn't care for them, but another hen who's sitting on 16 eggs does! Her eggs are due in about 3 days. She left her nest today, it's 85 degrees here and they probably sat on their own for about 3 hours. I quickly made a ghetto incubator ( a large tupperware storage tub, towel, glass bowl with water, 60 watt bulb, and the storage lug's lid ). Is there a chance this will even work? I candled the eggs and they all look good, with air sac or bubble.