How many eggs have you incubated at once?

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

I currently have a staggered hatch set up in my bator with...drum roll....75 eggs!! All chickens and all breeds. How many is too many?

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Depends on how many your bator holds/handles. My little bator is set up with egg holder for 42 and I hatch 38 regularly. I like a few holes empty for humidity release or something. But I have better hatches when I only put in around 34-36.

I think each bator and season has its own magic number. Depends on weather, area temperatures and area humidity, etc. I have better hatches in the Summer than in the Spring. Most people have better hatches in the Spring. Just depends on a lot of things.

Oh ya, how many chicks can you care for at one time. My inside brooders will only hold the above and I actually prefer about 24-25 chicks at one time. That's for the 1 week that I brood inside the house. Then they go to their brooder house that will comfortabley handle up to 50 chicks at a time before I move them to a grow out house.

 

[GwenReaper]

I just got a new incubator and I am planning to put 100 eggs in!!

 

[outback hatcher]

My last hatch was with 66 eggs ended up with a 50% hatch. When I set 20 to 30 I hatch around 90% so in my case a smaller setting is better. Tomorrow I'm setting 24

 

[Gypsy07]

My little incubator holds just 12 eggs at a time!