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[shelleyd2008]

If you set the bator at 105, you will definitely have dead chicks!! How long has she been off?

 

[Fudgie]

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Are you sure she is absolutely ready to start sitting. I have heard of them laying like 12-14 eggs before settling down to actually start the hatching process. Give her some time.

If you are doing the incubator range the temp between 99 and 101 101 being optimum. It will fluctuate a bit but stay around 101. At 105 you will have poached eggs!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Are you sure she is absolutely ready to start sitting. I have heard of them laying like 12-14 eggs before settling down to actually start the hatching process. Give her some time.

If you are doing the incubator range the temp between 99 and 101 101 being optimum. It will fluctuate a bit but stay around 101. At 105 you will have poached eggs!

I have 2 hens that lay a maximum of 7 eggs before going broody, usually more like 5 or 6.

 

[Hobbley_Farm]

she has 8 eggs. She has been sitting for a week that we know of for sure. not sure how long before we found her she was sitting. We thought she died. She's a rogue chicken that we couldn't catch when we moved across the street. The only reason we got her last week was because she was sitting on her eggs. We moved the house, her and her eggs. (not all together)
I think she's just lost interest. It may be too late for the little eggs. I plugged the bator in and have it heating right now. I'm really flying blind because the lady I bought it from didn't give me the instruction manual.

I was able to find these instrctions online. https://www.gqfmfg.com/pdf/Thermal%20Hova-Bator%20%20instructions.pdf

I wasn't planning on my first batch to be like this. I thought I would be able to prepare a little better.

I have the bator in the master closet right now. It's the only place that isn't drafty and is toddler proof.

Can anyone explain to me how to tell if they are within 3 or 4 day sof hatching so that I know to change the temp and humidity? I couldn't tell you if she's been sitting on these for 3 weeks or 1 week. I'm SUPER green at this.

 

[shelleyd2008]

If they are very close to hatching, all you will see in the egg is dark, except for the air sac.

 

[Mrs MIA]

If it's a forced air incubator, get the temps to 99.5-100°F. If still air, 101.5-102°F. Humidity 45-50%. I would get a heating pad, or some warm towels, and a box to put the eggs in while you transfer them, and do it as quickly as possible. It shouldn't hurt them to do a quick candle as you put them in the incubator. Depending on what you see, you should be able to figure out approximately how far along they are. If they're clear, and she's been setting for 8 days, either they're not going to hatch, or you're starting at day 1-3.
Good luck. If it was me, I'd put them in the incubator.