gonna start my first hatch tonight!.................... maybe

[mudchicken]

i got 17 eggs, crap make that 16 eggs now, oops now i feel bad. total of 9 red stars, 5 nhr and rir cross and i believe one banty egg. going tonight to pick up the bator at tractor supply. now i have left these eggs out in the coop starting sunday. sunday was a warmer day. monday was ok. yesterday tuesday was a high around 40. now after reading that i should have had them inside a 60 degree area till i was ready to hatch i went out to collect the egg and put them in a cooler bedroom thats not so warm. should i even try to hatch these eggs? or should i try with a new batch. im torn have no idea what to do

 

[sonjab314]

They will be just fine. Make sure you get your bator stable before you put them eggs in there. Good luck. You've come to the right place for great info.

 

[mudchicken]

Ok great. Im gonna get it after work and put todays eggs in with it also. Might wait till tomorrow and put tomorrows eggs in there too. Or who knows, I might just get really anxious and not wait lollol

 

[mudchicken]

I do have one more question. I have eggs now from sunday on through today. Which is better: add to the eggs I have now for a few days so I can get more or wait a few more days and set them all at once. I understand the older ones have a decreased chance of a sucessfull hatch, but I also understand that adding to them is a bad idea. Any suggestions?

 

[Emmalion]

I would collect as many as you want and set them all at the same time. This way you don't have a staggered hatch and less to worry about.

I set eggs I collected for about a week and added 2 in that were laid that day. Let me tell you those two fresh ones developed much faster than the ones that sat on my counter. I am really expecting them to be the first two out. They are the most active rockers in the bunch