broody or incubator for shipped eggs?

Sussex19

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So I would like to hatch some shipped eggs in the spring, and I was wondering if one would get better results using a fairly experienced broody, or an incubator.
If I did use an incubator it would be my first time using one, and I would then give the chicks to the broody to raise.
Any thoughts appreciated!
 
Personally, I would rather use an incubator because the shipped eggs have better hatch rates if they are hand turned for the first few days. You could incubate them in the bator for like a week and allow the air cells to attach good and then move them to your broody.
thanks!
I'm not sure what you have to do differently with shipped eggs?
And I'm slightly worried about using an incubator for the first time, and I don't own one yet; do you know of any good articles on it?
 

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