INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

x2...was going to say something similar...you're too fast clearing the holster for me

I thought experience trumps youth any day...

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Good luck with your new eggs!!!   

Never understood why people candle eggs under a broody... she usually knows how the eggs are doing, and will often kick out the bad ones. I think it's more curiosity mixed with a little anxiousness that causes people to do that...   

Thats it, its just because we're nosey I can't help it, I have to check. None of my hens kick out infertile eggs, so I pull them. I only candle broody eggs once, at day 7, then its hands off.

 

[kwhites634]

I thought experience trumps youth any day...

Don't want to burst your bubble, but you ain't no youth no more

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

My husband has always said, when it comes to broody hens, they know what they're doing, let nature take its course and let them be.

They've only been doing it for a few millennium... they might have it down pat by now.

 

[Jessimom]

Thats it, its just because we're nosey

I can't help it, I have to check. None of my hens kick out infertile eggs, so I pull them. I only candle broody eggs once, at day 7, then its hands off.

Is it weird that the two hens swap nests? One has 6 eggs on day 9 (I THINK) and the other has 2 that are on day 5. It seems like the both like the full nest, they both get up at the same time and whoever is fastest gets to sit on the bigger stack of eggs. Do chickens STAY broody for just enough time for a batch to hatch? Or do they stay as long as there are eggs under them?

Thanks!!!!!

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Thats it, its just because we're nosey

I can't help it, I have to check. None of my hens kick out infertile eggs, so I pull them. I only candle broody eggs once, at day 7, then its hands off.

That's a lot better than most. A lot of people candle just like they're incubating them... day 7, day 14, day 18, and sometimes a few days in between!

Don't want to burst your bubble, but you ain't no youth no more

Compare to you, everyone is still yout.....

You knew it was coming, didn't you???

 

[daxigait]

I must have not found the one Ant Farm bought. I bought a large pad since I had 15 older chicks and didn't want them to be too crowded. This is what I used:
[COLOR=0066C0]Sunbeam 2013-912 Xpress Heat Microplush Heating Pad for Quick Pain Relief, Extra Large (12" x 24"),Olive[/COLOR]
[COLOR=555555]Sold by: Amazon.com LLC[/COLOR]
[COLOR=B12704]$39.99[/COLOR]

that is the one on the thread. I raised the lamp and put the 100 w lamp in the other corner in case one burns out. The thermometer still shows 88.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Is it weird that the two hens swap nests?  One has 6 eggs on day 9 (I THINK) and the other has 2 that are on day 5.  It seems like the both like the full nest, they both get up at the same time and whoever is fastest gets to sit on the bigger stack of eggs.  Do chickens STAY broody for just enough time for a batch to hatch?  Or do they stay as long as there are eggs under them?

Thanks!!!!!

Its not weird that they're swapping, but it may cause a problem at hatch time. When the earlier batch starts hatching, they might both get up to take care of the chicks and abandon the later eggs. I always try to give broodies sharing a nest eggs at the same time, so they share a hatch date. If you can separate them and figure out which eggs are which, it might be a good idea to catch it early (or maybe stick a piece of cardboard between them so they can't steal each others eggs?).

Good luck!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I'm off to bed. Talk to you lovely folks tomorrow

 

[flocktastic]

They've only been doing it for a few millennium... they might have it down pat by now.     

Right??

I'm sure they don't want our 2 cents or our grabby hands under them haha...