Lockdown for Bantam eggs

[tim21]

So we are doing a hatch with a bunch of Bantam eggs and they are TINY!!! I was wondering if i should go into lockdown a few days early because they might develope faster and hatch sooner?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1090/2902-1090.html
virginia tech hatching info.

No the bantam eggs hatch out at the same time from my experience.

Keep an eye on your humidity.

 

[sonjab314]

So we are doing a hatch with a bunch of Bantam eggs and they are TINY!!! I was wondering if i should go into lockdown a few days early because they might develope faster and hatch sooner?

Nope. I just locked down some bantam eggs yesterday and they take the same about of time as LF eggs. Good luck with your hatch

 

[tim21]

Ok sweet thanks guys!

 

[jshmow]

What is "Lock down" ?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What is "Lock down" ?

Lockdown (for chicken eggs) is usually day 18. It's the day that you stop turning the eggs, remove them from the turner if you are using one, do your last candle and mark air cells and up the humidity to hatch percentages. A good majority of people do not open the incubator after lockdown except possibly to add water for humidity.

 

[Sarafena1982]

Nope.  I just locked down some bantam eggs yesterday and they take the same about of time as LF eggs.  Good luck with your hatch  

I just seen we went into lock down a day apart

best of luck to you!!!

 

[Sonya9]

My OEG bantams hatch out on the 19th or 20th day usually (based on two clutches). I have two pipped eggs now and it is the 18th day, they will probably hatch overnight.

 

[jshmow]

Thanks
But my hen has them locked down in a manner of speaking

 

[RubyNala97]

I'm I just went into lockdown today with silkie eggs. I have read, in a few different places that bantams hatch early but I've also read that they hatch right on time. I guess it's kinda like childbirth, you never really know until it happens!