This is the 2nd time this year that our broody Brown Cochin has hatched eggs. We've been letting her sit on some eggs that we didn't collect... just because. (We have plenty of eggs for our own needs!) Last time she hatched eggs -- about 3 months ago -- she hatched 4 out of 7/8 eggs and no longer had any interest in the other eggs. We were too busy with a new human baby ourselves so I didn't have time to focus on the other eggs, but a week later we disposed of the eggs which did have chicks in them.
They just started hatching yesterday evening and we definitely want to incubate any eggs that she doesn't continue to sit on (if that happens again).
I have a red heat lamp and an egg crate..... HELP! Is this good enough as an incubator during the last day(s) and do I need to turn the eggs or anything like that?
They just started hatching yesterday evening and we definitely want to incubate any eggs that she doesn't continue to sit on (if that happens again).
I have a red heat lamp and an egg crate..... HELP! Is this good enough as an incubator during the last day(s) and do I need to turn the eggs or anything like that?