Hatching Natural eggs

[nuthatched]

It’s just so hard when the RIR are the ones not hatching the other day I only peeled off the bit where it’s beak was out so it could breathe better and it died after fully hatching and today the last but late one died when I didn’t help it at all but had fully hatched out. Maybe it got stood on? As the hen had gotten out to eat with her one chick.
So next time I’m going to put them in their own little coop under shade on one level with their own food and water I have nine eggs that I put under her all on same day and try one more time because it’s sad to see 90% dead chicks each hatch on average. The first batch I wasn’t there for and that’s how my hubby had it set up and he got 5/7 survived and it’s fine that 4/5 are roosters but I can’t handle seeing so many dying chicks fully hatched out

Seperate the broody hen to private coop, do not allow another hen to lay on or in a clutch. Break one of the broodiness.
One clutch= 1 hen. That's why the eggs are broken and trampled.
Unless a nest and hen has privacy, it won't succeed.

 

[jessvolvochick]

Seperate the broody hen to private coop, do not allow another hen to lay on or in a clutch. Break one of the broodiness.
One clutch= 1 hen. That's why the eggs are broken and trampled.
Unless a nest and hen has privacy, it won't succeed.

I have done this today but worried about humidity but I guess we will see in 7 days if high humidity isn’t a problem for pipping