I have 2 hens and one male in my care, they are in their 2nd year and started laying eggs about 2mths ago. I put the first 6 in the incubator pointed side down and candled them at 10 days and 20 days and nothing but orange inside. at 34 days we cracked them all open and nothing.
I have been out there when the male is on top of one of the hen, so it looks like they have a chance to be fertile. I'm not sure which hen is laying the eggs or both. Usually one every 2 days shows up.
Now, a week ago, they started laying again. They lay the eggs not in the nesting box near the ground but in a area under the roof 6ft off the ground on bare plywood.
All the birds came from the same seller and were all about the same size, ~1 week old, so they are all the same age male and female.
I thought about taking 4-5 of the duds and putting them with the one or 2 recently laid and see if one will sit on them. I've been taking them within a day of laying and putting them in the incubator right off.
Any suggestions?
thanks
gary
I have been out there when the male is on top of one of the hen, so it looks like they have a chance to be fertile. I'm not sure which hen is laying the eggs or both. Usually one every 2 days shows up.
Now, a week ago, they started laying again. They lay the eggs not in the nesting box near the ground but in a area under the roof 6ft off the ground on bare plywood.
All the birds came from the same seller and were all about the same size, ~1 week old, so they are all the same age male and female.
I thought about taking 4-5 of the duds and putting them with the one or 2 recently laid and see if one will sit on them. I've been taking them within a day of laying and putting them in the incubator right off.
Any suggestions?
thanks
gary