fuzzi's May (First Time With Shipped Eggs) Hatch-a-Long Thread, all are Welcome!

[1muttsfan]

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[LavenderDaFlerf]

I agree, brief interruptions are not much of an issue. But you might want to start checking her a couple times a day, or even consider restricting her to a smaller area.

 

[Silkiebegins]

Hope all of your eggs hatch fuzzi! I also have some more eggs due to hatch in the 20s of May.

 

[fuzzi]

I agree, brief interruptions are not much of an issue. But you might want to start checking her a couple times a day, or even consider restricting her to a smaller area.

I was thinking of stealing a couple of her eggs and putting them in the incubator...

 

[fuzzi]

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[fuzzi]

 

[fuzzi]

Now, assuming some eggs hatch, do I put the chicks under a broody that night, or go set up my outside brooder somewhere? I still have my MHP but no room in the hoop coop, no room inside the house.

 

[NanaK]

Now, assuming some eggs hatch, do I put the chicks under a broody that night, or go set up my outside brooder somewhere? I still have my MHP but no room in the hoop coop, no room inside the house.

If chicks hatch in the incubator they need to stay in the incubator at least until they dry off. They can stay a bit longer. I let at least several chicks hatch before I remove any. If chicks are actively hatching I don't like to open the incubator.
This is me. Others may do it differently.

All this to say you will have a bit of time to move them. I would however have a back up plan in case mama rejects any or all.

 

[fuzzi]

If chicks hatch in the incubator they need to stay in the incubator at least until they dry off. They can stay a bit longer. I let at least several chicks hatch before I remove any. If chicks are actively hatching I don't like to open the incubator.
This is me. Others may do it differently.

All this to say you will have a bit of time to move them. I would however have a back up plan in case mama rejects any or all.

Thanks. Today is Day 10, I have time.

Rahab was in the nesting box all day, maybe she's getting serious?

Tamar has been covering the eggs better.

 

[1muttsfan]

You can add incubator chicks under a broody. I would also recommend waiting until they are dried off, but not much longer - you don't want her to get up off the nest and wander off without them. They will happily make themselves at home, and will not interfere if she has chicks hatching.