How long to HATCH?

[speckledhen]

Well, if she's still with them, as long as others are not laying in her nest with her eggs, you could leave her till they all hatch then move them. If you move her in the middle, you run the slight risk of her snapping out of it. I have a friend who just leaves them with the flock. You run the risk that they will be hurt, but hens have been raising babies with their flocks forever.

 

[ae50mag]

if you have broody hens that are not to heavy of breed, please use them, they are great and most of the time hatch every fertile egg. and they don't have a power outage...

serama eggs can be a real pain in the rear. but don't give up. you just have to use what works best for you, and i tried several settings and ways to adapt hatching methods to work for serama's. there was a lot of money spent,wasted, but now i am very happy in the ways my birds are coming along, and i am improving my stock with every hatch. you can too.... it takes time.. if you need any help, drop me a line...


thanks alot
frank

 

[Gandshobbyfarm]

I thought she could stay with the flock until then.
They are just so small I hate to put her alone.