incubating first season eggs

[samrae]

My chickens started laying about 1 month ago. I want to expand my flock, so how long should i wait before incubating these homegrown eggs? I've heard them termed 'first season eggs'.

Thanks for your advice !

 

[nuthatched]

You usually wait a few months for the eggs to get normal sized and the girls to work the glitches out. Do you have a rooster?

 

[gimmie birdies]

The first month or so your eggs will be smaller. And hatch a smaller chick.

 

[samrae]

You usually wait a few months for the eggs to get normal sized and the girls to work the glitches out. Do you have a rooster?

More than enough roosters

 

[samrae]

The first month or so your eggs will be smaller. And hatch a smaller chick.

TY : )

 

[nuthatched]

More than enough roosters

Just making sure, you'd be surprised at the amount of people who ask about hatching their hens eggs when they don't have a male.

 

[samrae]

Just making sure, you'd be surprised at the amount of people who ask about hatching their hens eggs when they don't have a male.

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond.

 

[Floof]

I've hatched eggs after week 2 of new layers. I'm impatient I selected the most normal looking eggs and had a decent hatch (60ish%). Those babies did fine and are now in my flock laying their own eggs.

 

[samrae]

I've hatched eggs after week 2 of new layers. I'm impatient I selected the most normal looking eggs and had a decent hatch (60ish%). Those babies did fine and are now in my flock laying their own eggs.

YAY!!! I'm not the only one ! I don't say impatient, i consider myself uber curious. However, on this occasion, i need to curb the curiosity so as not to cause undue harm and/or undue disappointment.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

 

[Floof]

YAY!!! I'm not the only one ! I don't say impatient, i consider myself uber curious. However, on this occasion, i need to curb the curiosity so as not to cause undue harm and/or undue disappointment.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

My experience has been that it is more important for the egg to come from a bird with good nutrition and incubated with the right temps and humidity. I've experienced issues when I switched my birds to incomplete feed regimens and incubated too wet but never from early eggs.