Incubating 24 chicken eggs.

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

These are the 24 eggs we bought from the local craft shop where locals sell their wares. We will put them in the incubator in a few days when it's empty, just waiting on a few eggs.
We've hatched these sort of eggs before and have got some pretty chicks.
We know the coloured eggs are Araucana but that's it lol.

 

[sourland]

Good luck with the incubation.

 

[Sally PB]

Let us know how it goes. Pictures of newborn chicks are always welcome!

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

We put them in on the 22nd of August 2021.
Temperature 37.5c
Humidity 54%.
I know it seems a bit high, our last hatch was successful.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

I found 19 duck eggs today. I know they won't all hatch, but I've put them in the incubator with the chickens. I can turn them manually after the chickens eggs go into lockdown in the other incubator.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

So as it turns out, there aren't many chicken eggs fertile. None of the brown ones are fertile and I can't see in most of the green ones, very frustrating.

On a happier not, I quickly candled the duck egss and I know I've got 6 fertile, if not more. I even saw movement in one. I'll try to video it when I get some help.

 

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[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

The chicken eggs go into lock down tomorrow. My wonderful husband is making me an incubator I will be able to see all around to watch the hatch.

Once the chicken eggs are out I can get rid of the turning egg holders to X and O the ducks eggs till their lock down on the 20th. In my opinion the hatch rate is better if they are manually turned 3 to 5 times a day.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

This is what have made it to lock down. There were a lot that weren't fertile.
Now all we have to do is watch and wait. I tend to have the humidity on the high side throughout, so it's not uncommon to have some early pipping. See you then.