Quote: Exactly what I was thinking...hold them until all have been laid and set them at the same time. That way there won't be one hatching every day for 10 days. What does everyone else think?
Well if I hold them all until the three week mark then I won't be able to set them all at the same time as there will be too many. I was thinking of setting a dozen once I have a dozen, then setting the rest after the eggs I currently have in the bator hatch.
That would work too. I just meant you don't want to set each on the day it is laid. If you are starting to collect tomorrow then you would not have 12 until the 7th of June.. That will be a couple of days after the 3 weeks...but if they have good fertility you may get lucky and still get a few fertile ones after that.
Don't forget that I also have two other white egg layers, and both of them are laying an egg nearly every day. I'll be setting those eggs, too, even though they are infertile because I can't tell them apart from the Tolbunt eggs. And Deb says her pen of 7? Tolbunts lay about 6 eggs each day so I expect to get an egg from her *most* days. So I will have quite a few to set, if I get 2 white eggs a day then in just a week I'll have 14 eggs.
I'm so glad she's finally settled in here, she was even dustbathing today! Took her almost two weeks but it was like a switch just flicked on inside her & she was suddenly ready to be out and about & start laying again.
