Ella2025's Experiment Broody Hen Hatch-A-Long

[redinator]

Use a bigger, still straight sides bowl for lockdown. Here are the ones I used for my 30 egg incubator to maintain 50% and 70% humidity consistently. Make sure the bowl for lockdown is very tall/deep so that chicks don't fall in.

What incubator are you using? Mine aren't large enough to use a bowl.

 

[ChickenChick46]

More chicks during winter though would actually be a good thing, more body heat in a cuddle puddle . . .

That sounds perfectly logical to me...

 

[redinator]

That sounds perfectly logical to me...

If too many hatch I might have to bring you some, lol

 

[ChickenChick46]

If too many hatch I might have to bring you some, lol

I'm trying so hard to hold off until spring. I'm planning to add more Orpingtons then.

 

[redinator]

I'm trying so hard to hold off until spring. I'm planning to add more Orpingtons then.

That's what I said! Now I'm formulating a plan to do a dry hatch and traditional hatch for side by side comparison of hatch rates

 

[redinator]

That's what I said! Now I'm formulating a plan to do a dry hatch and traditional hatch for side by side comparison of hatch rates

I really shouldn't though. I need to get through one winter without young chicks to see if my setup needs any adaptations to make things safer/warmer.

 

[redinator]

I really shouldn't though. I need to get through one winter without young chicks to see if my setup needs any adaptations to make things safer/warmer.

I also plan to get those Cream legbars and Marans next spring and will need the space for them.

If I keep reminding myself of this, I'll be able to wait.

 

[ChickenChick46]

I also plan to get those Cream legbars and Marans next spring and will need the space for them.

If I keep reminding myself of this, I'll be able to wait.

Yeah you definitely want to have room for them!

 

[ella2025]

I found a good image here: https://www.mypetchicken.com/blogs/...rDzyEw43fBrCFzqAP9zGoFB4aiGeNp1nWyzSWptGd62n1

This makes sense, but all my eggs I've cracked in the past had a dot this size, and until I incubate it for a day, it looks like that. Eggs from the grocery store have a much much smaller, barely there dot on it. For me at least, only after 1 day of incubation will see a much bigger dot with a clear bullseye. I'm not sure which is correct, but I'll save the rest of Bippy's eggs until Friday and see if they're actually fertilized.