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I just checked up on my flock, and also got the grow-out pen prepped with the bowl of water. The feed pan is in there, but I didn't add the feed to it yet. I plan to move the 2 oldest of the chick's out of there into it once the sun is going down and the temp start's to drop a little at the end of the day. I don't want those 2 bigger one's jumping on the new ones in the brooder after they hatch, and besides those 2 are fully feathered now and are very active.
 
BlueBaby said:
Both look to be fertile but just at different stages. One was most likely layed before the other, or sat a bit longer under the hen before she got off the nest?
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O ok, interesting. I have yet to see one of these Isa Brown hens sit in a nest any longer then it takes to drop their egg and then they are gone shortly after they get done squawking to the others about it. LOL
 
TropicalBabies said:
Yeah sorry caught that but I did not have time to correct, had to dart off b4 I could correct... OR... I am just checking to see if you all are paying attention or actually read my posts lol :lau
The folks who returned the keys to the cabin along with the dirty sheets and towels had a list of items that they managed to break in under 48 hours. I lent the cabin for my cute and sweet friend who is off to Duke University on full scholarship in a few days but the auntie who took her was too much. So NEVER again... just too much. Deep sigh***

K. giving up on last egg in the bator and cleaning it out and pondering another batch. Think I can let my broody out of jail :ya

@416bigbore I do hatch more than the average person but don't cull my roos who are (50%) part of the deal. So that definitely effects how many hatches I should responsibly do. If I slow my hatches down I tend to be able to find my boys some REALLY good homes.

Does anyone know or have experience with or about the higher heat and better hen ratio for hatching? Curious. 🤔🌴
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Yes, there's that. Every time you do a hatch, there are going to be on average 50% that will become roos. I have been lucky enough to find homes for a few of mine, but not all of them in the past. So, yes, I have had to also cull a few roos unfortunately, and some of them were non-aggressive one's. Every extra roo hold's up a spot that could have a hen in it.

Right now I have the one NN Aloha rooster in a pen, so that I can give the hen's a break for the summer from him. It already hot enough here without him hopping on them too. Besides, after a lady come's to get these other 4 hen's on Sunday, there would only be 8 hen's left in there that are of breedable age. I have to grow some more chick's out to see what I have.

They say that a little bit lower temp in the incubator (not by much though) will produce more females, but I haven't tried it to see if it's true or not.
 
416bigbore said:
O ok, interesting. I have yet to see one of these Isa Brown hens sit in a nest any longer then it takes to drop their egg and then they are gone shortly after they get done squawking to the others about it. LOL
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Maybe the bigger ring was layed first by one hen, and the second hen helped to keep it warm while she was laying her egg.
 
BlueBaby said:
Yes, there's that. Every time you do a hatch, there are going to be on average 50% that will become roos. I have been lucky enough to find homes for a few of mine, but not all of them in the past. So, yes, I have had to also cull a few roos unfortunately, and some of them were non-aggressive one's. Every extra roo hold's up a spot that could have a hen in it.

Right now I have the one NN Aloha rooster in a pen, so that I can give the hen's a break for the summer from him. It already hot enough here without him hopping on them too. Besides, after a lady come's to get these other 4 hen's on Sunday, there would only be 8 hen's left in there that are of breedable age. I have to grow some more chick's out to see what I have.

They say that a little bit lower temp in the incubator (not by much though) will produce more females, but I haven't tried it to see if it's true or not.
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I found this to be and interest article and might be worth a try ? They talk about storing fertile eggs at 40F prior to incubating to increase your hen to rooster ratio. Make by you have already read this before?

https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2016/04/the-secret-to-hatching-hens-not-roosters.html
 

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