Hatching Serama Eggs...need Advice

[usmchomesteader]

A few weeks ago I purchased a pair of Serama Bantams at a chicken swap in Florida. They are about 4 months old and the hen has started laying on Aug 3rd...4 eggs so far with about 1 every 2 days or so. I find them in the pine shavings litter and put them in a very visible nest box but she is ignoring them. I have an automatic 3 egg incubator that I would like to use to try to hatch them. It would take about 6 days to get 3 eggs and start the cycle. Assuming the eggs were fertile to start with, would the six day delay in starting the incubation process be too long? I do not have any small brooding hens I can use and from a practical standpoint would only be able to keep the eggs at a temperature of about 75 degrees during the waiting period. I thank you in advance for any and all advice on this topic.

Bob Paine, NE Florida

 

[racuda]

Just turn them 2 or 3 times every day and they will be fine.

 

[lampshadeee69]

Dont be so quick to incubate those eggs. Hens lay until they are ready to go broody. Mine usually sit on about 20 eggs at a time! They wont go bad for about 3 weeks if left untouched by your hen. I would advise you to get em in an incubator if she lays more than 15 and isnt sitting on any.