Day 6 !!!! Do you guys reckon incubating chickens goes fast?

[Chicken Charlotte]

Do you guys reckon time go's fast when your incubating eggs or when your chicken does it for you?

 

[Mahonri]

Either way it goes slow... unless your broody does it on the sly and you think a predator has gotten her but then she emerges with a bunch of chicks in tow...

 

[tammyd57]

The three weeks it takes chicken eggs to incubate seem to last for three years, whether under a broody hen that I'm watching or in an incubator. Lots of time to anticipate the babies!

It DOES seem to take forever, but I love every minute of it!

 

[math ace]

I would rather have the hens do it because I can get busy on other things and FORGET about the eggs. With the incubator, I am always checking the temp humidity and turning the eggs. Lordy, I need to get an automatic egg turner !

Afterwards, I love having a hen be in charge of the chicks instead of me! Once again, they know what the right temperature is and they do all the training - here is the food, here is the water, he is the dirt.

 

[bakerjw]

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Mine almost did that. Thought I lost a hen but she showed back up 2 weeks later. We followed her and found a nest with 13 eggs. 3 of them hatched last night with another on the way.

I've never used an incubator but then again I am very new at chickens.