Better that grass or hay etc for hatching eggs is a plug of turf turned grass side down & root side skyward. This plug of turf should be a little bigger than the bottom of the nest. This will form a bowl shaped depression in the nest as well as a humidity sink that will mimic the natural conditions under which the Red Jungle Fowl hatch their eggs. The simple fact that hen eggs are egg shaped will result in all of your hatching eggs laying in the nest with the big end of the egg higher than the pointed end of the egg. This will help the chicks orient themselves in the proper way in order to hatch easily, or just like Maw Nature intended.
Chickens are not feathered people so forget all of your druthers and concentrate on providing what hens need to thrive.
Chickens are not feathered people so forget all of your druthers and concentrate on providing what hens need to thrive.
